Distant references to the war ' Fix bayonets' - An unheard remark by Preston Cole at the Battle of Harvest, likely a reference to the Battle of Gettysburg. It is believed that Chamberlain's counter charge saved the Union line, and possibly helped decide the outcome of the war. Chamberlain ordered the regiment to 'fix bayonets' and counter charged them. They were out of ammunition and exhausted. The Fifteenth Alabama regiment charged up a hill referred to as Little Round Top, which Joshua Chamberlain and the Maine regiment were a top. He was ordered to defend the left flank of the Union line. Battle of GettysburgĬolonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain led the Twentieth Maine regiment during the battle of Gettysburg. The American Civil War was the first time a team of photographers took images of war.
