The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War

The story of the true savior of Little Round Top at Gettysburg―a 26-year-old Harvard-educated lawyer, who paid with his life to defend that hill. 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 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. Table of Contents Introduction: The Vanishing of Vincent The Strongs and The Vincents: Early Life, Education, and Courtship January to August 1861: Lieutenant Vincent of "The Erie Regiment" August 1861 to March 1862: The Eighty-Third Pennsylvania Late March to September 1862: The Swamps of the Chickahominy October 1862 to January 1863: Colonel Vincent January to April 1863: "I enlisted to fight" May to June 1863: "I wish he were a brigadier-general" July 1, 1863: March to Mortality July 2, 1863: The Lion of Round Top July 3 to July 7, 1863: The Road to Immortality The Path to Being Forgotten: The Legacy of Strong Vincent