Similarly, at Gettysburg, Meade played defensively, doing very little to try to take on the Confederates facing him, preferring to let them come at him. To Lee, who preferred movement, he switched to his favourite tactic - flanking maneuvers to try to bring superior numbers to bear on a weak point of the Union lines. But Meade had chosen a good position with high ground on both sides and low ground on the middle. He expressed to his subordinates the importance of not abandoning the high ground to chase the Confederates. On Day 1, his subordinate in that position ignored that advice and nearly lost the hill to the south, only to be saved by a unit, thought destroyed, that was instead hiding behind a low wall and took advantage of a surprise textbook maneuver that pushed back the Confederates and restored Union momentum. On Day 2, Lee tried attacking the north hill, but the Union troops held firm.