...right centre; and, after a severe battle on the extreme right of the Nationals, the Confederates there were firmly held in check. So ended, at about ten o'clock at night, the second day's battle at Gettysburg , when nearly 40,000 men of the two armies, who were effective thirty-six hours before, were dead or wounded. The advantage seemed to be with the Confederates, for they held the ground in advance...