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>> leading the union fight to hold little round top are two men who are out of their element -- holman melcher, a schoolteacher, and joshua chamberlain, a college professor. >> joshua chamberlain was a professor at bowdoin college. he then applied for a sabbatical and used that sabbatical to become lieutenant colonel of the 20th maine infantry. and as little round top comes under assault, it was left to chamberlain to anchor that extreme left. >> fire! come on! pour it into it, boys! damned, if we could take this hill... >> shall we call a retreat?
>> the charge of the 20th maine, on little round top, is one of the most famous heroic moments of the war. it's a desperate act taken by desperate men, who have run out of options. but joshua chamberlain is the only source for this popular understanding. the truth of the matter is -- the decision to charge occurs in the fog of war. and even the men who fight in the battle are divided on who gave the order. some say it was joshua chamberlain. others say it was lieutenant holman melcher. but the bottom line is -- no matter who gave the order, the bayonet charge likely changed the outcome of the ...
>> leading the union fight to hold little round top are two men who are out of their element -- holman melcher, a schoolteacher, and joshua chamberlain, a college professor. >> joshua chamberlain was a professor at bowdoin college. he then applied for a sabbatical and used that sabbatical to become lieutenant colonel of the 20th maine infantry. and as little round top comes under assault, it was left to chamberlain to anchor that extreme left. >> fire! come on! pour it into it, boys! damned, if we could take this hill... >> shall we call a retreat?
On little round top, is one of the most famous heroic moments of the war. it's a desperate act taken by desperate men, who have run out of options. but joshua chamberlain is the only source for this popular understanding. the truth of the matter is -- the decision to charge occurs in the fog of war. and even the men who fight in the battle are divided on who gave the order. some say it was joshua chamberlain. others say it was lieutenant holman melcher. but the bottom line is -- no matter who gave the order, the bayonet charge likely changed the outcome of the battle and maybe even the war. [ ...