But the men in blue were mostly still, lying upon their arms.

The troops of his own army were quiet also, and they, too, were lying down.
It suddenly occurred to Harry that no more fitting field for a great and decisive battle could have been chosen.

It was like a vast arena, enclosed by the somber hills and the two Round Tops, on both of which flew the flags of the Union signalmen.
Yet the day drew on.

The two armies of nearly two hundred thousand men merely sat and stared at each other.

Noon passed and the afternoon advanced.