...long the road for miles to the southward from Gettysburg, marching in wearied columns and encumbered with its great army trains. The plan of pushing the attack abandoned; Lee met Early, Ewell and Rodes in conference after dark, to the north of Gettysburg, near the road leading to Carlisle. He now had information of the arrival of more Federal troops upon the scene of action; that Hancock was in c...