The Attack and Defense of Little Round Top, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863

by Oliver Willcox Norton

Book Overview

This Book is not a history of the Battle of Gettysburg, but only of the fighting on and around Little Round Top, which hill is conceded by all Union and Confederates authorities to have been the key-point of the battlefield on July 2, 1863. No other book devoted exclusively to this part of the battle has been published.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879664089
• ISBN13: 9781879664081
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Stan Clark Military Books
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

My Observations of Norton's Book on Little Round Top

Many times, a book by a participant involved on the winning side in a battle is very much obscured by bias towards being the winner. However, in this case, Norton has taken the many reports written by the regimental commanders and presented them as is, some with his own added comments. This presents a less biased view. Again, however, reports written days or even weeks after a battle may tend to overlook serious mistakes by leaders, dead or living at the time. But the reading is interesting to the serious student of the Civil War and should be in your library.