"The real Hero at Gettysburg was Joshua Chamberlain at Little Round Top!"He was certainly one of them, but there were many others, too. Just as Chamberlain held the south end of the fishhook at Little Round Top, BG Greene and the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Div, XII Corps held Culp's Hill in fierce fighting on the north. That's never received the acclaim of the Little Round Top action, but holding the north end of the line was equally important.....and my great grandfather was there! What a thrill it was to walk the lines a few years ago.
BG Greene and the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Div, XII Corps held Culp's Hill in fierce fighting on the north.My gggGF was with the 29th PA Volunteers and at (Lower) Culp's Hill. From their unit history ...
"On the morning of the 2d, the Twenty-ninth with Kane's Brigade moved to the right ...
and took position in a wood to the right of the Baltimore pike, on Culp's Hill."
The next day the 29th took on Stewart's Brigade and successfully defended their position.
Re-enactors of the 23rd Virgina Infantry going up Culp's Hill.