CHAPTER XXVII.

GETTYSBURG--SECOND DAY.

The Confederate Commander reviews the Field and decides on Plan of Battle--Positions on the Morning of July 2--Night March of the Federal Sixth Corps--It was excelled by Law's Brigade of Confederates--The Battle was opened after Mid-day--General Hood appeals for Permission to turn the Federal Left--Failure to make the Flanking Movement by the Confederate Right was a Serious Mistake--Hood, in his usual Gallant Style, led his Troops forward among the Rocks--Desperate Charges against an Earnest Adversary--Hood wounded--General Law succeeds him in command of the Division--"Little Round Top" an Important Point--"The Citadel of the Field"--It was a Fight of Seventeen Thousand Confederates against twice their Number--Quiet along the Lines of other Confederate Commands--"A Man on the Left who didn't care to make the Battle win"--Evidence against the Alleged Order for "Battle at Sunrise"--The "Order" to Ewell was Discretionary--Lee had lost his Balance 362