<P> Considered by some historians to be the key point in the Union Army 's defensive line that day , Little Round Top was defended successfully by the brigade of Col. Strong Vincent . The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment , commanded by Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain , fought the most famous engagement there , culminating in a dramatic downhill bayonet charge that is one of the most well - known actions at Gettysburg and in the American Civil War . </P>
<P> Considered by some historians to be the key point in the Union Army 's defensive line that day , Little Round Top was defended successfully by the brigade of Col. Strong Vincent . The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment , commanded by Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain , fought the most famous engagement there , culminating in a dramatic downhill bayonet charge that is one of the most well - known actions at Gettysburg and in the American Civil War . </P>
who commanded the maine troops that held little round top for the union on the second day
who commanded the maine troops that held little round top for the union on the second day
The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment