 The Confederates applied pressure all along the Union front and they slowly drove the Yankees through the town. The Federal troops rallied on high ground on the southeastern edge of Gettysburg. As more troops arrived, Meade's army formed a three-mile-long fishhook-shaped line running from Culp's Hill along Cemetery Ridge to the base of Little Round Top. The Confederates held Gettysburg and stretched along a six-mile arc around the Union position.