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