kids encyclopedia robot

Battle of Little Round Top facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

The Battle of Little Round Top was part of the Battle of Gettysburg. It occurred on July 2, 1863. The troops under Joshua Chamberlain, the 20th Maine, formed the left flank for the Confederate troops. They repelled several charges by the Confederates. However, eventually Chamberlain's troops ran low on ammunition. Chamberlain ordered that the soldiers mount bayonets to their rifles and he ordered a charge down the hill against the Confederates. This charge surprised the Confederates and was successful.

The success in the Battle of Little Round Top is considered a turning-point in the Battle of Gettysburg and in the Civil War.

Images for kids

  • Round Tops panorama 1909

    Little Round Top (left) and [Big] Round Top, photographed from Plum Run Valley in 1909

  • Littleroundtop

    Little Round Top photographed in 2006

  • Little Round Top 1863

    Little Round Top, western slope, photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1863

  • Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War (1887) (14576134130)

    Looking from the position of Hazlett's Battery on Little Round Top toward the Valley of Death

  • From Little Round Top, overloooking the Valley of Death, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 2

    Looking from Little Round Top toward the Valley of Death (Devil's Den would be located in the left background)

  • WarrenStatueGettysburg

    Monument of General Warren overlooking the battlefield from Little Round Top

  • Little Round Top Edwin Forbes

    Attack on Little Round Top held by the 5th Corps commanded by General Sykes, painting by Edwin Forbes. Forbes has incorrectly depicted [Big] Round Top with two peaks.

  • Governor William Calvin Oates

    LTC William C. Oates, commander of the 15th Alabama Infantry from spring 1863 to July 1864

  • Joshua Chamberlain - Brady-Handy

    Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain ordered the bayonet charge on Little Round Top.

  • Little Round Top2

    Battle of Little Round Top: final assault

  • Views from the battle field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d, and... (3110018913)

    Little Round Top aka "Granite Hill" Tyson picture taken about 1863

  • Little Round Top 101215

    Little Round Top viewed from near Devil's Den

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Little Round Top para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Battle of Little Round Top Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.