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The Lion of Round Top
The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War
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eBook - ePub
The Lion of Round Top
The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War
About this book
"This military biography clearly and informatively rescues from an undeserved obscurity one of the Union's key commanders at the battle of Gettysburg
." —
Midwest Book Review
Citizen-soldier Strong Vincent was many things: Harvard graduate, lawyer, political speaker, descendent of pilgrims and religious refugees, husband, father, brother. But his greatest contribution to history is as the savior of the Federal left flank on the second day at Gettysburg, when he and his men held Little Round Top against overwhelming Confederate numbers. Forgotten by history in favor of his subordinate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Vincent has faded into relative obscurity in the decades since his death. This book restores Vincent to his rightful place among the heroes of the battle of Gettysburg: presenting his life story using new, never-before-published sources and archival material to bring the story of one of the most forgotten officers of the American Civil War back to the attention of readers and historians.
"This is a well-researched and well-written book, and the author makes a strong case for Colonel Vincent's essential role in the union victory at Gettysburg." — The Journal of America's Military Past
"Erie, Pennsylvania historian Hans G. Myers brings to life an overlooked Gettysburg hero . . . a good, well-researched biography certainly worth the read." — Maine at War
"Readers of battle history, in particular the voluminous literature on Gettysburg, will find interest in both the short life of Strong Vincent and the hereto unheralded role his decisions played in saving the Federal left flank at Little Round Top." — Journal of Military History
Citizen-soldier Strong Vincent was many things: Harvard graduate, lawyer, political speaker, descendent of pilgrims and religious refugees, husband, father, brother. But his greatest contribution to history is as the savior of the Federal left flank on the second day at Gettysburg, when he and his men held Little Round Top against overwhelming Confederate numbers. Forgotten by history in favor of his subordinate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Vincent has faded into relative obscurity in the decades since his death. This book restores Vincent to his rightful place among the heroes of the battle of Gettysburg: presenting his life story using new, never-before-published sources and archival material to bring the story of one of the most forgotten officers of the American Civil War back to the attention of readers and historians.
"This is a well-researched and well-written book, and the author makes a strong case for Colonel Vincent's essential role in the union victory at Gettysburg." — The Journal of America's Military Past
"Erie, Pennsylvania historian Hans G. Myers brings to life an overlooked Gettysburg hero . . . a good, well-researched biography certainly worth the read." — Maine at War
"Readers of battle history, in particular the voluminous literature on Gettysburg, will find interest in both the short life of Strong Vincent and the hereto unheralded role his decisions played in saving the Federal left flank at Little Round Top." — Journal of Military History
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Dr. Frank P. Varney
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on the Text
- Introduction: The Vanishing of Vincent
- 1 The Strongs and the Vincents: Early Life, Education, and Courtship
- 2 Lieutenant Vincent of the Erie Regiment: January to August 1861
- 3 The 83rd Pennsylvania: August 1861 to March 1862
- 4 The Swamps of the Chickahominy: Late March to September 1862
- 5 Colonel Vincent: October 1862 to January 1863
- 6 “I Enlisted to Fight”: January to April 1863
- 7 “I Wish He Were a Brigadier-General”: May to June 1863
- 8 March to Mortality: July 1, 1863
- 9 The Lion of Round Top: July 2, 1863
- 10 The Road to Immortality: July 3 to July 7, 1863
- 11 The Path to Being Forgotten: The Legacy of Strong Vincent
- Appendix: The Origins of the “Chamberlain Myth”
- Bibliography
- Notes