“One could take his choice there was plenty to shoot at,” Alexander reported, but “when I got to take in all the topography I was very much disappointed.” The Confederate gunner had believed the day was won and the Yankees in full retreat. However, as he sat on his horse near the Emmitsburg Road and Trostle farm lane intersection, he spotted Union troops rallying on a spine of ground (Cemetery Ridge) that he had not noticed before. The Yankees were not beaten. In fact, they were still fighting in formidable numbers.
