[kezekiel]

And not to forget Joshua Chamberlain and his regiment's desperate defense of the Union extreme left at Little Round Top.

[timpad]

And not to forget Joshua Chamberlain

I think it was Col. Chamberlain's action that, more than anything else, convinced Lee that the Union center was weak and could be broken by Pickett. I think that Lee believed the Union was stronger on the flank than it really was because of the 20th Maine's tenacity.

[MikefromOhio]

Certainly, but he would have never been in the position to made that charge without Buford.

Not to diminish what he did, but Buford held and set it up...

[billnaz]

"And not to forget Joshua Chamberlain and his regiment's desperate defense of the Union extreme left at Little Round Top."

Chamberlain's defense of Little Round Top was briliant, and his ordering a counterattack with fixed bayonets and empty muskets was a great example of performance under pressure.

People in the South who have studied the Civil War also hold Chamberlain in very high regard for his class act after Appomattox. As the Confederates marched up to surrender their weapons and colors Chamberlain ordered his men to salute.