Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yeGettysburg Campaign, akagadzwa kuti atungamirire Hondo yePotomac mazuva matatu chete Hondo yeGettysburg isati yaitika. Paakasvika munhandare mushure mezuva rekutanga rekuita musi waChikunguru 1, Meade akaronga mauto ake panzvimbo yakanaka kuti arwe hondo yekudzivirira yakanangana naRobert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, achidzosera kumashure nhevedzano yekurwiswa kukuru mukati memazuva maviri anotevera. Lee akamanikidzwa kudzokera kuVirginia, achigumisa tariro yake yokukunda hondo kupfurikidza nokupinda kwakabudirira muNorth. Kukunda uku kwakakanganiswa nekutevera kwaMeade kwakanga kusingabatsiri panguva yekudzokera shure, zvichibvumira Lee neuto rake kuti vatize pane kuvaparadza zvachose. Mauto eUnion akakundikanawo kutevera kubudirira kwawo mukati meBristoe Campaign uye
Hondo yeMine Run mumatsutso iwayo, iyo yakapera pasina chisarudzo. Meade akatambura nekukwikwidzana kwakasimba kwezvematongerwo enyika mukati meuto, kunyanya naMajor General Daniel Sickles, uyo akaedza kushora basa rake mukukunda paGettysburg.