...here the Chambersburg road crosses the eminence, and on the morning of the 2d of July, a greater portion of the two armies confronted each other, both in a strong position, with the little village of Gettysburg , and a valley not a mile in width, between them. Meade's army lay along Rocky heights, forming two sides of a triangle, with its apex at Cemetery Hill, near the town, its shorter line bending back ...