Little Round Top, Gettysburg, July, 1863

July 1863

From "War Memories" catalog: It has been said that if Little Round Top had not been there the Union army would have lost the great battle of Gettysburg; certain it is that it was a most important point, and it was seized by Vincent's Brigade of the Fifth Corps, who, under the personal command of General Warren, gained the hill not a moment too soon, for a division of the Rebels were hurrying to take possession of it when Warren reached the summit. It made for the Union army an impregnable left wing, which the Rebels tried in vain to turn.