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	Little Round Top - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
		Little Round Top was the starting point for a Union counterattack at dusk on July 2, conducted by the 3rd Division of the V Corps (the Pennsylvania Reserves) under Brig.
		While agreeing that the fighting on Little Round Top was extremely fierce and soldiers on both sides fought valiantly, historians disagree as to the impact of this particular engagement on the overall outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Round_Top (2752 words)

	The Second Day--July 2, 1863
		Little Round Top unoccupied, both of his own flanks and Hancock's left on Cemetery Ridge exposed, and Meade's plan of defense sadly upset.
		Little Round Top would unquestionably have been captured by the Reb's had it not been for the alertness of Brig.
		The battle of the Wheatfield was a slaughter to the Union.
	july1863.homestead.com /daytwo.html (2714 words)

	GettysburgFT.html
		GEOLOGIC SETTING:The Gettysburg Battle Park is set in and around the small township of Gettysburg in Adams county Pennsylvania, in the southwest corner of the Newark-Gettysburg basin, one of several Triassic basins extending from the Connecticut Valley in the north to the Wadesboro area in southern North Carolina.
		Battle: Elements of Gen. Longstreet's Corps had pushed out on the Union left and were making their way up the slope of Round Top in an attempt to out flank the Union line.
		Battle: Little Round Top is at the end of the "fishhook" or battle line which Gen. Meade's army occupied, and almost proved to be his undoing.
	www.howard.k12.md.us /white/GettysburgFT.html (2863 words)

	Buy Courage on Little Round Top (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Inspiried and influenced by Courage on Little Round Top is the story of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Robert Wicker, the young officer Chamberlain captured during the 20th Maine's charge down the bloody slope of Little Round Top, and the events that brought them together.
		I also question the map containing the route of the 20th Maine to the Round Tops because it shows Vincent’s brigade passing through The Wheatfield (Vincent’s men were northeast of there near the George Weikert house and moved near but not into The Wheatfield on their way to Little Round Top.).
		The buildup to the battle of Little Round Top is handled very well: lots of suspense, as the 20th Maine and the 15th Alabama (and both Northern and Southern armies) march towards the inevitable clash.
	www.courageonlittleroundtop.com /reviews.htm (3863 words)

	lesson 1
		On the morning of July 2, the second day of the battle, Little Round Top was occupied by a division of the XII Corps commanded by Brig.
		However, the battle was not going as well on the right, where Law’s men were pushing up the west slope of Little Round Top.
		Little Round Top had been saved for the Union, and in saving Little Round Top, its courageous defenders had saved the left end of the Union line, the Battle of Gettysburg, and perhaps the entire Union.
	www.uwyo.edu /armyrotc/usmilitaryhistory/little.htm (3083 words)

	Gettysburg Battle American Civil War July 1863
		The Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania began on July 1 with Confederate troops attacking that Union cavalry division on McPherson Ridge, west of town.
		While the author presents little novel information, he has done a masterful job of progessively focusing the reader on the causes of the campaign, the difficulties faced by each of the commanders, the onset of the battle, and the aftermath.
		Disc One covers the Battle of Gettysburg with episodes such as: Colonel Strong Vincent's defense of Little Round Top; the "hallowed ground" of Gettysburg National Cemetery including the grave of President Nixon's great-grandfather; the mysterious Devil's Den photographs; General Winfield Scott Hancock's injury and presidential campaign;and Confederate General Lewis Armistead's secret distress call.
	americancivilwar.com /getty.html (1786 words)

	Behind the Stonewall - 360 Degree Panoramic Images From Civil War Battlefields (Gettysburg)
		Little Round Top (On The Summit) - Gettysburg Pennsylvania
		, 1863, Little Round Top was the focus of an assault by the troops of Major General John Bell Hood’s Division, of James Longstreet’s First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
		The terrain on Little Round Top is rugged enough that even General Warren dismounted and helped the artillerist and infantry manhandle the gun carriages and caissons over the boulders and up onto the crest.
	www.jatruck.com /stonewall/big_pans/lrt_top.htm (948 words)

	Amazon.com: Twilight at Little Round Top: July 2, 1863The Tide Turns at Gettysburg: Books: Glenn W. LaFantasie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Glenn LaFantasie's recreation of the struggle for Little Round Top on July 2nd 1863, is a generally well-written account of this pivotal action during the battle of Gettysburg.
		The Battle of Little Round Top and the courage of Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine have exercised a hold on many Americans understanding of the battle of Gettysburg.
		He shows an excellent grasp of the battle as a whole by placing events at Little Round Top in the context of the events of the first day and in the context of the Confederate leadership's patchwork, changing, and uncoordianted plans for July 2.
	www.amazon.com /Twilight-Little-Round-Top-Gettysburg/dp/0471462314 (3740 words)

	MANTLED IN FIRE AND SMOKE - Full Text: July '99 America's Civil War Feature
		The Battle of Gettysburg, and perhaps the fate of the Union, was decided in one hour of desperate fighting on the rocky ledges of Little Round Top.
		There were many crucial moments in the three-day battle at Gettysburg, but none more so than the defense of Little Round Top by the 20th Maine Regiment.
		He had been ordered to "pass up between the Round Tops, find the Union left, turn it and capture Little Round [Top]." His men were drawn to their right by fire from a detachment of Major Homer R.
	www.nd.edu /~jarata/crossart.html (3050 words)

	NewStandard: 7/5/98
		The flag of the 20th Maine, which had been issued to the regiment before it fought in the Battle of Antietam in 1862, became so bullet-tattered at Little Round Top that it was taken out of service.
		While there is no official documentation the flag is the same one that flew at Little Round Top, there's little room for doubt, said Douglas Hawes of the Maine State Museum.
		Top: The battle flag of the 20th Maine, the key unit in the Union's victory at Gettysburg, has been restored and will be on display this month at the battlefield.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/07-98/07-05-98/a02wn013.htm (1644 words)

	Gettysburg corrections
		In the scene where Tom and Lawrence Chamberlain are on Little Round Top and Lawrence is drinking coffee, way in the distance a vehicle is moving.
		In the sequence portraying the battle of Little Round Top, there is a miraculous lack of damage done to the vegetation.
		During the battle of Little Round Top, the camera pans along the defensive line of 20th Maine soldiers firing from behind rocks.
	www.moviemistakes.com /film530/corrections (1111 words)

	The Battle of Gettysburg Official Records and Battle Description
		Little Round Top on a cold winter day.
		If you are researching the battle, you really need to take a look at this.
		A great little story that was told to a friend of mine by his Great Great Grandfather.
	www.civilwarhome.com /gettysbu.htm (386 words)

	What can Joshua Chamberlain teach us?
		One of the heroes who preserved the Union during the Civil War was from Maine: Joshua Chamberlain rose to the occasion and showed amazing leadership skills during the battle at Little Round Top at Gettysburg, where he earned a Congressional Medal of Honor.
		When Chamberlain learned that the Confederate army was going to attack the Union army within 10 minutes and that he had been asked to fight from Little Round Top, Chamberlain told the mutineers that there was an urgent need for soldiers.
		He ordered the troops on the right side of Little Round Top to remain stationary while the left side advanced to surround the enemy.
	business.mainetoday.com /yourbusiness/040507ashok.shtml (835 words)

	The Battle of Gettysburg (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		The Battle of Gettysburg is the result of Lee's second invasion.
		I have always taken for granted the popular belief of the 20th Maine's story of the Battle of Little Round Top, until I came across an article in the August 2005 issue of the Civil War Times.
		The author (Jeffrey Denman) of the article (What Really Happened on Little Round Top?) points out there are two very different stories on what transpired during the battle most specifically how the charge was executed.
	www.alexhauck.com.cob-web.org:8888 /history/gettysburg (345 words)

	New Aluminum Studios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		One of the most noted battles from this was the battle on Little Round Top where Union troops who were out of ammo rushed down the hill with their bayonets and successfully defended their position.
		Today Little Round Top is preserved just as it was during the battle with the addition of a few monuments.
		This statue sits on top of Little Round Top in Gettysburg, PA and watches over the Gettysburg countryside as a reminder of the bloodshed that once took place in this beautiful place.
	www.aluminumstudios.com /photography/photo_of_the_week.html (295 words)

	Little Round Top Panoramas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		The field of fire, the kill zone in front of Sickles' hole was greater at the time of battle than is shown in the modern color photos.
		It is often repeated that if the south had been able to place guns on Little Round Top, they could drop flanking fire down the entire shank of the Union fish hook.
		It is less often said that there is only room for about a half dozen guns on Little Round Top, and that Union reserves were available for a counter attack against Little Round Top's wooded rear.
	polyticks.com /Hole/RndTop/Pan.htm (389 words)

	Hero of Little Round Top
		As the determined Southerners renewed the attack on Little Round Top with another assault against the Federal left flank.
		Chamberlain would rise to brigadier general, survive four battle wounds, officially receive the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox and enjoy postwar prominence as governor of Maine.
		Yet despite his many achievements he would always be remembered for his leadership in those desperate moments at Little Round Top on the second day at Gettysburg.
	www.americanmastersgallery.com /herolittlernd.html (871 words)

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		The battle swelled and swayed with thousand and thousands of fresh troops from both sides being thrown into the mix.
		The South attacked both anchors with the battle for Little round top, the southern most hill witnessing some of the more costly fighting of the day.
		Finally several hundred Confederates reached the Union wall, as they raised their battle standard, they were cut down by the 6000 Union troops who had been waiting for them.
	www.rvtravelog.com /gettysburg.dir/gettysburg1.htm (905 words)

	Strong Vincent (1837-1863) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Strong Vincent (June 17, 1837 - July 7, 1863) was a lawyer who became famous as a hero of the Battle of Little Round Top at Gettysburg, where he was mortally wounded in the American Civil War.
		One of Vincent's regiments, the 20th Maine, led by Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, has received most of the fame for the defense of Little Round Top, but there is little doubt that the efforts and bravery of Vincent were instrumental in the eventual Union victory.
		Vincent's wife gave birth to a baby girl two months later, but his daughter died before reaching the age of one and is buried next to her father.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/vincent.html (725 words)

	Little Round Top (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Sitting about 1.3 miles from the Visitors?Center, Little Round Top is the smaller of two hills at the southern end of the Gettysburg battlefield.
		Warren, whose statue sits atop Little Round Top today, was aghast to find the hill, with a strategic overview of the fighting to the north (along Cemetery Ridge) and the west (toward Devil’s Den and the Wheatfield) was occupied only by a small group from the Union Signal Corps.
		Recognizing that a few guys with flags would be little match for the hordes of angry Confederates about to storm the hill, Warren sent an aide to find any troops available to join the defense.
	daveconn.tripod.com /lrt.htm (262 words)

	Gettysburg Lesson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		Fought on July 1 through 3, 1863 in a sleepy farm town in Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg would later be regarded by historians as the turning point of the Civil War.
		On day two of the battle, Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine Regiment Volunteers participated in a key engagement on Little Round Top, and with the troops of the Fifth Corps staunchly held the Union army's position.
		Chamberlain wrote about the battle on Little Round Top in an article that was published by Hearst's Magazine in 1913.
	www.msu.edu /user/schopie1/cep909/gblesson/lrt.html (133 words)

	Wiley::Twilight at Little Round Top: July 2, 1863—The Tide Turns at Gettysburg
		Glenn W. LaFantasie's Twilight at Little Round Top addresses that epic struggle, how those warriors felt then and later, and their physical and emotional attachment to a piece of ground that linked them forever with their nation's fate.
		It also places events on Little Round Top, which often are exaggerated, within the broader sweep of the battle.
		Using well-chosen quotes from a wide variety of battle participants, TWILIGHT puts the reader in the midst of the fight—firing from behind boulders with members of the 4th Alabama, running up the hillside into battle with the men of the 140th New York, and watching in horror as far too many men die.
	eu.wiley.com /WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471462314.html (513 words)

	When is an election like a Civil War battle?
		The Republicans are now desperate for a Round Top moment, a reference to the 1863 Gettysburg contest that was a turning point in the Civil War.
		In the historic battle on a hill, the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment faced ferocious Confederate forces.
		If the roles were reversed -- and Rossi were on top by 129 votes -- there would still be doubt in an election that, despite all the weirdness and rancor, is more than 99 percent accurate.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /jamieson/206587_robert05.html (1026 words)

	Battle Barn Gamers \| Williamsburg, Virginia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-04)
		The sixth graders re fought the Battle of Little Round Top which took place on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
		As the battle progressed we had to change leaders for each side as one class period left and another came in.
		However, as the third period students were nearing the end of their time in the battle, substantial Union reinforcements finally began to arrive.
	www.freewebs.com.cob-web.org:8888 /battlebarn/upintheloft.htm (2188 words)

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