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Union troops rages, before finally coming to a head on a hill called little round top. [ gunfire ] at little round top, union troops from the 20th maine and confederate regiments from texas and alabama engage in a hellacious battle for a small piece of high ground that could tip the balance of the war. >> little round top was the left end of the union lines and little round top has to be the anchor of meade's position. and meade understands that that high ground there -- he has to have that. >> fire! >> the ammunition's nearly gone, >> if we lose this hill... we may well lose the war.

>> 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?

Not survivable, to include general longstreet himself. >> fire! >> general! you can't stay here. >> tell our artillery not to return fire. >> sir. >> lee means to throw his infantry at us. tell them to cease fire... and wait for the attack. >> though the confederate artillery barrage is massive, most of it misses the actual union line, hitting meade's headquarters and supply wagons instead. so the union stops firing back, fooling the confederates into thinking their assault is working. >> the guns are gone. for god's sake, go now. >> general, shall i advance? >> that day at gettysburg was one ...

Ridge. john f. reynolds is in command the first corps of the army of the potomac, of which the iron brigade is a component. and they are the first ones who reach the town of gettysburg on the morning of july 1st. >> reynolds is the highest-ranking officer at gettysburg and commander of the iron brigade. >> find them out of the wood line. >> ...made up of a group of tough westerners from indiana and wisconsin. the iron brigade earned its fierce reputation in a battle with stonewall jackson at second manassas. >> fire! >> forward, men! for god's sakes, forward! >> when the first corps goes into ...

Not survivable, to include general longstreet himself. >> fire! >> general! you can't stay here. >> tell our artillery not to return fire. >> sir. >> lee means to throw his infantry at us. tell them to cease fire... and wait for the attack. >> though the confederate artillery barrage is massive, most of it misses the actual union line, hitting meade's headquarters and supply wagons instead. so the union stops firing back, fooling the confederates into thinking their assault is working. >> the guns are gone. for god's sake, go now. >> general, shall i advance? >> that day at gettysburg was one ...