Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Ka dib dagaalkii 6-dii Maajo, Kornayl Bragg waxaa loo xilsaaray inuu taliyo Guutada 3-aad ee Pennsylvania ee Qaybteeda - oo mararka qaarkood loo yaqaan "Pennsylvania Bucktail Brigade" - General Lysander Cutler. Cutler, oo ahaa sarkaalkii ugu horreeyay ee Bragg ee 6th Wisconsin, wuxuu noqday taliyaha qeybta dhimashada General James S. Wadsworth dagaalka horaantii maalintaas. Bragg wuxuu badalay Kornayl Roy Stone, oo la sheegay inuu sakhraamay intii lagu jiray dagaalka labada May 5 iyo May 6. Labada maalmoodba, gudihiisa ayaa si liidata u qabtay, iyagoo ku socday oo toogtay qaab aan habboonayn, iyagoo ku kala firdhiyay wajiga Confederate skirmishers, oo si qalad ah u toogtay xubno ka tirsan cutubkooda. Stone ayaa ugu dambeyntii laga qaaday amarkii ka dib markii faraskiisa uu ku dhacay isaga oo mar kale jabay intii lagu jiray weerarkii 6-dii May. Kornayl Bragg ayaa hoggaaminayay guutada inta badan inta ka hartay Ololaha Dhulka. Hogaamintiisu waxay xasiliyay ciidanka waxayna si cajiib ah uga soo baxeen dagaaladii ka dhacay Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna,
Totopotomoy Creek, iyo Cold Harbor, halkaas oo uu ku wareejiyay taliska guutada halyeeyga Gettysburg Joshua Chamberlain.