The Battle of Little Round Top (4 of 4)

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Round Top. They had been charging uphill in the blazing July heat for 90 minutes, with very little stopping. Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine ordered a bayonet charge downhill. The entire Confederate advance stopped, and regiment after bloodied regiment surrendered in droves. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was awarded the Medal of Honor for this charge thirty years later. ... Gettysburg Gods Generals Lee Robert Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Civil War Hood Longstreet Devil Den ...