Chamberlain commanded the 20th Maine Infantry at Gettysburg, holding the extreme left flank of the Army of the Potomac, against repeated assaults, for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1893 The main event Joshua did was the swinging gate. With no ammo they all charged and surrounded the Confederates attacking Little Round Top. Fortunately, the confederates surrendered, thinking they would be shot if they didnt.
20th Maine Infantry
The Union officer who led the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg was Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. His leadership and tactical decisions on the second day of the battle, particularly during the defense of Little Round Top, played a crucial role in the Union victory. Chamberlain's heroic actions earned him a Medal of Honor.
Chamberlain was not a general at the time of the battle. Maine had plans to make a statue but never followed through.
General Robert E. Lee was in command of the Confederate army at Gettysburg.
According to the National Park Service Gettysburg website, it was JoshuaL. Chamberlain. Chamberlain was aColonel with the20th Maine Infantry. During the battle, Colonel Chamberlain lead his men to hold the high ground at Little Round Top, and then charging to capture and hold Great Round Top. This happened on July 2, 1863. Chamberlain was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor thirty years later on August 11, 1893.
George Gordon Meade fought in The Battle of Gettysburg.
He was in charge of holding the conferderate army from storming through cemetery ridge.
The leaders of the Battle of Gettysburg was lee and his second in command Longstreet for the South and Meade, Reynolds, Chamberlain for the north.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's maneuver, and Pickett's Charge would qualify. The battle was a pretty major event in and of itself.
The Union officer who led the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg was Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. His leadership and tactical decisions on the second day of the battle, particularly during the defense of Little Round Top, played a crucial role in the Union victory. Chamberlain's heroic actions earned him a Medal of Honor.
Gettysburg raged from July 1st to July 3rd, 1863.
Joshua Chamberlain was from the North (Union), He left a professorship at Bowdoin College, Maine, eventually taking command of the 20th Maine. During the Battle of Gettysburg, his counterattack on Little Round Top won for him the Medal of Honor
A general of the 20th Maine infantry. He served in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Chamberlain was not a general at the time of the battle. Maine had plans to make a statue but never followed through.
General Robert E. Lee was in command of the Confederate army at Gettysburg.
Major General George G. Mead was in command of the Union Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg.
According to the National Park Service Gettysburg website, it was JoshuaL. Chamberlain. Chamberlain was aColonel with the20th Maine Infantry. During the battle, Colonel Chamberlain lead his men to hold the high ground at Little Round Top, and then charging to capture and hold Great Round Top. This happened on July 2, 1863. Chamberlain was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor thirty years later on August 11, 1893.
George Gordon Meade fought in The Battle of Gettysburg.