Kilpatrick then turned back and bivouacked at Two Taverns for the night.
Gregg's division of cavalry left Hanover at noon and took post opposite and about three miles east of Slocum's Corps on the right.
There, as stated, he saw Johnson's division moving to the attack and after throwing some shells into their ranks deployed his own skirmish line and advanced against the one they threw out to meet him.

At 10 P.M.he withdrew and took post on the Baltimore pike where it crosses Cress Run, near Rock Creek.

By so doing he guarded the right and rear of the army from any demonstration by Stuart's cavalry.
At night a council of war was held, in which it was unanimously voted to stay and fight it out.

Meade was displeased with the result, and although he acquiesced in the decision, he said angrily, "Have it your own way, gentlemen, but Gettysburg is no place to fight a battle in." The fact that a portion of the enemy actually prolonged our line on the right and that our centre had been pierced during the day, made him feel far from confident.

He thought it better to retreat with what he had, than run the risk of losing all.* [* Since the above was written, the discussion has been renewed in the public prints as to whether General Meade did or did not intend to leave the field.