On the dawn of the third day Ewell’s (C.S.A.) second corps attached Solcum’s (U.S.A.) XII corps, Ewell was thrown back but then just attacked again trying to probe for weakness. Picket’s division and part of A. P. Hill’s (C.S.A) corps charged the blue line at the weakest spot. The only problem is that spot had a lot of artillery to its flanks so when the confederates attacked, they were barraged on both flanks by artillery. Sickle’s (U. S. A.) III corps and Howard’s (U. S. A.) XI corps advanced a little ways so they could use their rifles and fire at the confederates from the flank along with the artillery. At the same time Hancock’s II corps and part of Newton’s I corps and Sickle’s III corps started retreating behind the canons that were reinforcing that part in the Union line but the Union reinforcements arrived quickly. Meanwhile J.E.B. Stuart (C.S.A.) had been sent wide to attack the Union lines from the back while the infantry was attacking from the front. General Armstrong Custer met him and there was a short skirmish. Both retreated but Stuart left the field to the Union.
The results of these skirmishes was a whole confederated army in full retreat because Lee had lost too many artillery shells, supplies and worst of all, men.
The Union followed the Southern army as it retreated but kept its distance until Lincoln fired Meade.