http://www.civilwarrifles.net/civil-war-battle/why-did-the-south-lose-the-battle-of-gettysburg.html Battles, Weapons and Casualties Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:18:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.civilwarrifles.net/civil-war-battle/why-did-the-south-lose-the-battle-of-gettysburg.html/comment-page-1#comment-3797 ? Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:53:27 +0000 http://www.civilwarrifles.net/civil-war-battle/why-did-the-south-lose-the-battle-of-gettysburg.html#comment-3797 Simply put: then Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, of the 20th Maine, led his men in holding the extreme left flank against a brutal Confederate attack at Little Round Top, on the second day of Gettysburg (2 July 1863). Had the 20th Maine not held, Gettysburg would have been a Confederate victory and Lincoln would have been easily exposed to a direct assault on Washington DC. Simply put: then Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, of the 20th Maine, led his men in holding the extreme left flank against a brutal Confederate attack at Little Round Top, on the second day of Gettysburg (2 July 1863).
Had the 20th Maine not held, Gettysburg would have been a Confederate victory and Lincoln would have been easily exposed to a direct assault on Washington DC.

]]> http://www.civilwarrifles.net/civil-war-battle/why-did-the-south-lose-the-battle-of-gettysburg.html/comment-page-1#comment-3798 northful Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:53:27 +0000 http://www.civilwarrifles.net/civil-war-battle/why-did-the-south-lose-the-battle-of-gettysburg.html#comment-3798 The Confederacy was outnumbered as well as poor offenseive stategy. The Confederacy was outnumbered as well as poor offenseive stategy.

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