Is that man the most important of USA History ?

>>2256440
Literally who?

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>>2256440

Nah, but he was a pretty cool guy.
>8/10 would charge down Little Round Top with

>>2256445
He literally changed mankind History by one of the most redpilled military tactical move

>>2256440
Of who the fuck you're talkin about?

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>>2256459
>one of the most redpilled military tactical move

>>2256484
He thinks the counter charge wasn't a normal thing to do in that time.

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>>2256445

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, commander of the 20th Maine Volunteers in the American Civil War.

The 300 men under his command were tasked with holding the extreme left flank of the Union Army at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg and managed to repel an entire Confederate Brigade several times before fixing bayonets and launching a near suicidal (albeit successful) bayonet charge after their ammunition ran out. Because of their efforts, Confederate forces were unable to drive the Union from their positions and Lee felt compelled to launch the ill-destined assault on Cemetery Ridge the following day.

>>2259035
>suicidal
>implying charging down the hill gives you a huge advantage over the guys running up

>>2259035
The Confederates lost the battle on the very first day; everything after the first few actions of the first day was just inevitability playing out. And they lost the war before it started, so the only actions done by Union officers that can be considered important in the grand sweep of history are those actions which boosted the careers of certain individuals and propelled them to prominent destinies after the war.

The Confederates were going to lose regardless. They just outdid themselves in the beginning and once the union stopped being autistic they easily crushed the rebellion.

I don't know if he was that important, but he was a HUGE bad-ass.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Chamberlain#Battle_of_Gettysburg

>Prior to the battle, Chamberlain was quite ill, developing malaria and dysentery. Later, due to this illness, he was taken off active duty until he recovered.

Yeah, he did all that shit with a raging fever and intestines of jello.

...and then...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Chamberlain#Siege_of_Petersburg

>...during the Second Battle of Petersburg, Chamberlain was shot through the right hip and groin, the bullet exiting his left hip. Despite the injury, Chamberlain withdrew his sword and stuck it into the ground in order to keep himself upright to dissuade the growing resolve for retreat. He stood upright for several minutes until he collapsed and lay unconscious from loss of blood...

But wait! There's MOAR!

>...On March 29, 1865, his brigade participated in a major skirmish on the Quaker Road during Grant's final advance that would finish the war. Despite losses, another wound (in the left arm and chest that almost caused amputation), and nearly being captured, Chamberlain was successful and brevetted to the rank of major general by President Abraham Lincoln. Chamberlain gained the name "Bloody Chamberlain" at Quaker Road. Chamberlain kept a Bible and framed picture of his wife in his left front "chest" pocket. A Confederate shot at Chamberlain. The bullet went through his horse's neck, hit the picture frame, entered under Chamberlain's skin in the front of his chest, traveled around his body under the skin along the rib, and exited his back...

>>2256440
based college professor is based but a number of Union Officers played key roles in the victory at Gettysburg; Buford for holding the position to begin with, Reynolds for committing his corps thereby committing the Union Army (Meade wanted to fall back to prepared defensive positions in Maryland), Warren for seeing the importance of the Round Tops and sending troops there to begin with and chiefly Hancock for holding the Union center for most of the battle.