<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 led the charge on little round top
who led the charge on little round top
Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain