Rather than taking his assigned avenue of advance on the Nine Mile Road, his column joined Hill's on the Williamsburg Road, which not only delayed the advance, but limited the attack to a narrow front with only a fraction of its total force.
I stedet for at følge den angivne fremrykningsrute ad Nine Mile Road fulgtes hans kolonne med Hill's på Willamsburg Road, hvilket ikke blot forsinkede fremrykningen, men begrænsede angrebet til en smal front med kun en beskeden del af styrken.