Storming Little Round Top
Subtitle: The 15th Alabama and Their Fight for the High Ground, July 2, 1863
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: September 17, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780306811463
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Battles & campaigns; Civil war; Infantry; Military History - U.S. Civil War; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; Military - United States; United States - Civil War; Military history; Military - Other; Military Science; Alabama; Alabama Infantry Regiment, 15th; Army.; Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America.; Regimental histories; United States
First sentence: With high hopes and soaring ambitions during the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee led his three corps of almost forty battle-hardened brigades of the Army of Northern Virginia north toward Pennsylvania with the confidence that another Chancellorsville-like victory lay north of the Potomac.
Description: "On the afternoon of July 2, 1863, battle-weary Confederates from Alabama were given orders to assault the Union's heavily defended position at the summit of Little Round Top. What followed was a bloody three-hour struggle that has become little short of legendary. The story of the Union defenders that day - the 20th Maine Regiment under the command of General Joshua Chamberlain - has been told and retold in popular movies and novels.".

"But Storming Little Round Top is not about the Union defenders. Rather, this fresh and intriguing look at the battle for Little Round Top is presented from the perspective of the Confederates, who, despite a brave and heroic assault, failed to gain the high ground that day. The 15th Alabama Regiment came very close to dislodging the Union from the heights at Little Round Top and changing the course of the Civil War - yet its heroic actions have been ignored by previous historians.".

"Using letters, diaries, and memoirs, Phillip Thomas Tucker brings to life the men and officers of the 15th Alabama, evoking their thoughts and emotions in a compelling and unique narrative of one of history's most dramatic battles."--BOOK JACKET.