Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s bayonet charge at Little Round Top

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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s bayonet charge at Little Round Top was a decisive Civil War action during the Battle of Gettysburg in which Union troops, low on ammunition, launched a daring downhill assault that helped secure the Union left flank and became one of the conflict’s most celebrated feats of battlefield leadership.

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instanceOf Civil War battle maneuver ⓘ
military action ⓘ
army Army of the Potomac ⓘ
associatedPerson Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain ⓘ
associatedPlace Little Round Top monument to the 20th Maine ⓘ
brigade 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps ⓘ
commandDecision ordered when retreat or collapse seemed imminent ⓘ
commander Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain ⓘ
commanderOfDefendingBrigade Strong Vincent ⓘ
commemoration depicted in historical writings about Gettysburg ⓘ
featured in the film "Gettysburg" ⓘ
featured in the novel "The Killer Angels" ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
corps V Corps ⓘ
date July 2, 1863 ⓘ
directionOfAttack downhill from Little Round Top ⓘ
division 1st Division, V Corps ⓘ
flankPosition extreme left of the Union Army of the Potomac line ⓘ
historicalReputation iconic moment in Union defense at Gettysburg ⓘ
immediateEffect captured many Confederate soldiers ⓘ
pushed Confederate attackers down the slope ⓘ
laterRecognition celebrated as one of the war’s most famous small-unit actions ⓘ
widely cited as an example of battlefield leadership ⓘ
legacy contributed to Chamberlain’s later fame and honors ⓘ
location Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Gettysburg

Little Round Top ⓘ
maneuverType downhill bayonet charge ⓘ
militaryDoctrineInterest studied as an example of offensive action from a defensive position ⓘ
notableFor decisive leadership under fire ⓘ
use of bayonet charge when ammunition was nearly exhausted ⓘ
objective hold the extreme left of the Union line ⓘ
opposingSide Confederate States Army ⓘ
opposingUnits 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment ⓘ
orderGivenBy Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain ⓘ
partOf Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
precededBy repeated Confederate assaults on 20th Maine’s position ⓘ
result Confederate assault repulsed ⓘ
Union line on Little Round Top held ⓘ
riskLevel high-risk assault due to low ammunition and exposed advance ⓘ
side Union Army ⓘ
strategicSignificance contributed to overall Union victory at Gettysburg ⓘ
helped secure the Union left flank at Gettysburg ⓘ
tacticalInnovation refusal of the line to form a fishhook-shaped defense ⓘ
tacticalSituation Union left flank threatened ⓘ
Union troops low on ammunition ⓘ
unitInvolved 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment ⓘ

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