 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MuGettysburg Campaign, Merritt akaraira Reserve Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps yeHondo yePotomac. Akakuvadzwa zvishoma muhondo yeBrandy Station; musi waJune 29, 1863, akagadzwa brigadier general wevazvipiri nekuda kwe basa rake rakashinga uye rakakodzera paBrandy Station neUpperville. Kukwidziridzwa zvakananga kubva kuna kaputeni kuenda kuna brigadier general kwaive danho risingawanzoitika, kunyangwe kuHondo yeVanhu, asi Merritt akagovana rukudzo urwu pazuva iro naKaputeni Elon J. Farnsworth naKaputeni George Armstrong Custer. 