It was now plain to all that Lee intended an infantry assault on the center, and Major Osborn thought that should be encouraged. So did the general commanding. General Meade had just visited Cemetery Hill, said Osborn, and “expressed the hope that the enemy would attack, and he had no fear of the result.” Osborn suggested that the artillery cease fire all along the line, to lure Lee into thinking his bombardment was successful and thus be persuaded to send in his infantry.
