As the meeting broke up, Meade took aside Brig. Gen. John Gibbon, in command of the II Corps, and predicted, "If Lee attacks tomorrow, it will be in your front. ... he has made attacks on both our flanks and failed and if he concludes to try it again, it will be on our centre."
Da mødet sluttede, tog Meade brigadegeneral John Gibbon, lederen af 2. korps, til side og sagde: "Hvis Lee angriber i morgen, vil det blive på Deres front ... han har angrebet begge vore flanker og er blevet slået tilbage, og hvis han beslutter at prøve igen, bliver det i vores centrum."