after the fighting had started, the two regiments reached henry house hill, where they were joined by bartow, after one of his soldiers confirmed that it was his regiment: "boys, what regiment is this?" the response came, "8th georgia." he answered, "my god, boys, i am mighty glad to see you." he deployed his brigade on the hill alongside brigadier-general barnard bee's brigade. bee then decided to go forward to support evan's brigade on matthew hill as evans had rejected his suggestion to fall back to henry hill. bartow deployed the 7th and 8th georgia into line of battle to support the right flank of bee's brigade.