charge of protecting a hill known as Little
Round Top. He ordered his men to move the cannons onto the hillside. He then split
up the troops he had into groups. A regiment behind him, battalion to the right,
and a brigade to the left. (For those who don’t know how many soldiers are in a
Regiment, there are 1,ooo. There are 2 Regiments in a Brigade. There are anywhere
from 300 to 1,200 men in a Battalion.)
The Rebels attacked repeatedly and left the Union soldiers tired and gravely
injured if they…
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