Little Round Top

[Sir John]

Probably not composing my questions to Mr Google properly but I have 3 to put forward on LRT.

1. Was artillery ever used by the CSA as a means of bringing firepower on to the defenders without actually climbing up the slope?

2. Was a night attack, from rock to rock up the slope, ever attempted?

3. Was a series of simultanious attacks from spaced 'fronts' attempted?

I think that the CSA held the high ground of 'Round Top' and would have had a birds eye view of LRT.

(and why didn't the CSA just call in the 9th, would have been all over in an hour.)

Thanks

SJ

[hornet32]

2nd day Rebels briefly occupied Little round top but that was not part of the Rebel plan of attack which was echelon ..

[Swampy]

Gettysburg was a seminal battle, but not a ¨"turning point", because, ultimately, the Civil War was a war of attrition.

[Sir John]

Agree! It was a contest that the South was doomed to lose eventually.

The fascinating stat is that the GDP of the State of New York was greater than the entire CSA. Guts and determination was simply not enough.

One recruit from the state of Tennessee would have tipped the scales but he was underage at the time.

SJ

[Swampy]

Jul 4, 2018 12:56:06 GMT -5 Sir John said:

The fascinating stat is that the GDP of the State of New York was greater than the entire CSA. Guts and determination was simply not enough.

Interesting. Do you have any references to that?

[hornet32]

I've studied every aspect of Pickett's charge which was more like a walk into oblivion and all I can come up with is what was Lee thinking ...