Ask A Gettysburg Guide #136 - Little Round Top Beyond the 20th Maine - with Charlie Fennell

🔴Ask a Gettysburg Guide #136 - Little Round Top Beyond the 20th Maine with Charlie Fennell Topics Discussed: The regiments on Little Round Top from left to right The importance of Little Round Top and the modern interpretation as the key to victory for the battle The true key to victory of the battle of Gettysburg…. The Baltimore Pike? Getting around the right of Little Round Top and what Confederate General Hood would have found if he had been a loud to go take his troops that way Discussion on who was on Little Round Top the morning of July 2nd and who was suppose to be there. Did the Union Signal Corp witness Confederate General Hood’s mens movement before the attack? Union General Warren sends word for help to cover Little Round Top and who answered the call for help Little Round Top before the battle and what the hill was used for by the townspeople What Union General Vincent saw when he got on Little Round Top and the decision he made based on his observations The evolution of who saved the Little Round Top over time The alignment of the Union regiments and why certain regiments are next to each other The Confederate regiments attacking the hil and there alignment The stonewall on the hill and when it was built Discussion on the terrain of Little Round Top in 1863 and now Discussion on where the fighting on Little Round Top started and the repeated attacks to take the hill Where the ammunition came from to reinforce the soliders fighting on Little Round Top Story of Union Colonel Patty O’Rorke encountering General Warren and how the 140th NY got on Little Round Top Patty O’Rorke’s death and who claimed he was the savior of Little Round Top The problem with Little Round Top as an artillery platform Where did Union 1st Lieutenant Hazlett deploy his batteries guns and is the location of them today accurate Story of Brigadier General Stephen Weed and 1st Lieutenant Hazlett’s wounding Discussion on the threat to the northern part of the Little Round Top Union Troops that in place that if the Union had not held the hill that would have kept the Confederates from holding it The July 3 actions that took place on Little Round Top and during Pickett’s Charge Were there Confederate sharpshooters in Devils Den ? The role of Union Sharpshooetrs around Little Round Top Would the Confederate attack been different if General Hood had not been wounded Discussion on O’Rorke’s actions and if it was ever written about back in Rochester or by other soldiers Discussion on the challenges a guide has today when taking a tour to Little Round Top Story behind rubbing the O’Rorke 140th NY monument nose for luck The impact of Union General Sickles’s advance to the Peach Orchard had on Confederate General Longstreet’s attack Where General Longstreet viewed the attack on Little Round Top What happened to the Signal Corp when the the attack started and where did did they go. Discussion on the shots that killed Hazlett and Weed The consequences of not taking Little around Top for the Confederates Accounts of the fighting by the 83rd PA and the 44th NY The impact roads had on monument placement Casualties of the Union regiments on Little Round Top Other officers and soldiers that should to be talked about and noted that fought on Little Round Top but are overlooked Show References: Gettysburg - 1993 Movie Battle Tested!: Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders - Jeffrey D. McCausland and Tom Vossler The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara Edmund Forbes sketches of Little Round Top https://www.loc.gov/pictures/ Sons of Monroe: A Regimental History of Patrick O’Rorke’s 140th New York Volunteer Infantry - Brian Bennet Gettysburg Campaign Altas - Philip Laino The Attack and Defense of Little Round Top - Oliver Wilcox Norton Support the Show: Addressing Gettysburg Patreon: Join Today! www.patreon.comAddressing Gettysburg Grab some merch: Addressing Gettysburg Heritage Depot Shop Get yer Little Ground Top and start your day the Gettysburg way: www.addressinggettysburg.com/cafe Donate to The Digital History Pioneers Foundation: https://dhpioneers.com Get all your Gettysburg and Civil War books at For the Historian - Mention Addressing Gettysburg to get 20% off www.forthehistorian.webstoreplace.com Addressing Gettysburg is recorded at the Gettysburg Museum of History Studios www.gettysburgmuseumofhistory.com