Little Round Top

General Gouverneur K. Warren Many attribute the Union’s defense of Little Round Top during The Battle of Gettysburg to Chamberlain, a colonel in the 20th Maine Infantry and defended Little Round Top. It may be true that Chamberlain played an important role in defending Little Round Top, nevertheless all the credit should not go to him. Gouverneur K. Warren should be considered a bona fide key player to the success at Little Round Top, because of his ability to realize the Union’s weak point and form

were “Hold the ground at all hazards” . The following should be a dispatch from Chamberlain to Brigadier General James Barnes’ 1st Division of the V Corps of the events that ensued under the 20th Maine at Little Round Top. Letter: General, The attacks began around 4:00 pm . The terrain was rough, rocky and wooded. Our defensive line faced the southwest towards the higher hill with our right flank tight up against the left flank of the 83rd Pennsylvania. As we moved into position, I sent Company

Joshua L. Chamberlain The Hero of Little Round Top Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a Union General during the Civil war. He became a hero for his valor and bravery at Little Round Top. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. Chamberlain’s defense at Little Round Top won the Battle of Gettysburg and saved the Union army from total destruction. Chamberlain was born on September 8, 1828 in Brewer, Maine. He was married to Fanny Adams and had five

leading his 20th Maine Regiment in the most famous counterattack of the Civil War. This battle was one of the battles that changed the tide in the war for good. Before the battle, Colonel Chamberlain placed his men on a hill called Little Round Top. The fight for Little Round Top was an intense fight within the larger Battle of Gettysburg. The struggle to control a strategic hill on the battle’s second day became legendary because the bravery of the men from the 20th Main. Once the men were on the mountain

MISSION COMMAND ANALYSIS: COLONEL JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN AT THE BATTLE OF LITTLE ROUND TOP In late June 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia passed through western Maryland and invaded Pennsylvania. General Lee believed that by invading the North, he could draw the Union Army of the Potomac away from their defenses and force them to come after him. He also assumed the people of the North would be so demoralized if the Union were to lose another major battle, especially

“Large rocks, from six to fifteen feet high, are thrown together in confusion over a 8 Tucker, Phillip Thomas. Storming Little Round Top. Massachusetts: Da Capo Press, 2002. considerable area, and yet so disposed as to leave winding passages among them covered in moss” is how one Confederate Soldier described the obstacles of Little Round Top. These numerous rocks and boulders combined with the vegetation would drastically slow down the Confederate advance up the hill and provide the 20th

Chancellorsville. At Gettysburg, Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and his regiment, the 20th of Maine, played a vital role in the defense of Little Round Top preventing the Confederate Army from flanking the Union Army. Chamberlain, who left his job as a professor at Bowdoin College to join the war, became a hero after successfully defending Little Round Top against overwhelming Confederate numbers. Hero Chamberlain was, but after the war, many other veterans that served with Chamberlain and against

on the Union’s left flank. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a hero of the Battle of Gettysburg because he was able to defend Little Round Top and protect the Union line. Joshua Lawrence

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GETTYSBURG: TURNING THE TIDE Robert Harmon, Jr. American History to 1877 (HIST101) American Military University Dr. Kelly McMichael GETTYSBURG: TURNING THE TIDE One of the most epic battles of the Civil War occurred at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in July of 1863. This battle was arguably the turning point of the war for the Union Army and signaled the beginning of the end for the Confederate Army. Over the course of what follows, the events leading up to the battle, an overview of the battle