"The Most Lethal Fighting Unit of the Civil War" Topic
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| Tango01 | 05 Aug 2020 10:34 p.m. PST |
"At approximately 4:00 PM, July 2, 1863 the great Confederate turning movement at Gettysburg, meant to roll-up the Federal line from left-to-right, finally stepped-off, General Evander Law's Alabama brigade leading the way. Longstreet's entire division was to deliver the blow, the assault performed in left echelon, one brigade going-in after the other. Law's objective was Little Roundtop, a rocky hill, then unoccupied, that dominated the Federal line. If the Confederates could secure that hill, the remainder of the Federal line could be enfiladed from the heights and rendered indefensible – game over…"
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| donlowry | 06 Aug 2020 8:44 a.m. PST |
Longstreet commanded a corps at Gettysburg, not just a division. Law's objective was NOT Little Round Top; his objective was the Union left flank -- which, as it turned out, happened to be on Little Round Top. |
| Tango01 | 06 Aug 2020 12:40 p.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement
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| Uparmored | 07 Aug 2020 3:15 a.m. PST |
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