Big Round Top

[Gettysburg Bullet]

Are there any books out there that just cover what took place on BIG Round Top ??? I am open to all suggestion. Thanks

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

I found this very interesting. And free to read online.

The attack and defense of Little Round Top, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 : Norton, Oliver Willcox, 1839- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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[Reconstructed Rebel]

I found this very interesting. And free to read online.

The attack and defense of Little Round Top, Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 : Norton, Oliver Willcox, 1839- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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Whoops! Sorry! And you even wrote Big in capital letters Maybe I need another cup of coffee.....

 

[James N.]

There was NO fighting ON BRT so there are no books describing what essentially didn't happen. However books like that posted above concerning LRT will naturally mention for example the facts that Oates' Alabamians occupied BRT briefly before assaulting LRT and that Chamberlain's Twentieth Maine was sent there after repulsing Oates. Later they were in turn replaced by another unit that also did nothing but look out on the landscape below. These minor moves are detailed in Harry Pfanz' seminal Gettysburg - The Second Day:

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Gettysburg - The Second Day by Harry W. Pfanz is another of those recognized Civil War classics that set a standard for how battle accounts should be written. The author served for a decade as the Park Historian at the battlefield, followed by the position of Chief Historian for the National...

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[speedylee]

There was NO fighting ON BRT so there are no books describing what essentially didn't happen. However books like that posted above concerning LRT will naturally mention for example the facts that Oates' Alabamians occupied BRT briefly before assaulting LRT and that Chamberlain's Twentieth Maine was sent there after repulsing Oates. Later they were in turn replaced by another unit that also did nothing but look out on the landscape below. These minor moves are detailed in Harry Pfanz' seminal Gettysburg - The Second Day:

Member Review - Gettysburg - The Second Day by Harry W. Pfanz | Civil War Books, Stories, & Media

Gettysburg - The Second Day by Harry W. Pfanz is another of those recognized Civil War classics that set a standard for how battle accounts should be written. The author served for a decade as the Park Historian at the battlefield, followed by the position of Chief Historian for the National...

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If I am in error, you'll correct me, I am sure. I thought members of the 15th Alabama retreated part of the way up BRT when the 20th Maine came off the spur of LRT and attacked the Alabamians. I realize that both sides were very low on ammunition by this time and the term 'fighting' is debatable. A better term might be 'action' and I believe there was a bit of 'action' on BRT.

 

[MRB1863]

These minor moves are detailed in Harry Pfanz' seminal Gettysburg - The Second Day:

Agree totally...IMHO Harry Pfanz is a reliable and interesting read. Have the three days of his works.

 

[James N.]

If I am in error, you'll correct me, I am sure. I thought members of the 15th Alabama retreated part of the way up BRT when the 20th Maine came off the spur of LRT and attacked the Alabamians. I realize that both sides were very low on ammunition by this time and the term 'fighting' is debatable. A better term might be 'action' and I believe there was a bit of 'action' on BRT.

Although what you say is perfectly true there isn't enough "to it" to warrant a book; as I said, about the most one can reasonably expect are a few mentions in connection with larger events like the possibility of pre-attack scouting by the Confederates, those you state, or even postwar developments like the placement and later removal of the observation tower. The only other possibility I can even imagine would be if some participating diarist or memorialist like Chamberlain, Oates, etc. had experienced an enlightening or traumatic occurrence there that caused them to concentrate on it sufficiently for a book-long memoir.

 

[Tom Elmore]

I don't recall seeing any books focused solely on Big Round Top, but for background on movements and actions focused on Big Round Top from various available primary sources, may I humbly suggest (in chronological order):

Federal Plans to Capture Big Round Top on the Night of July 2 | Gettysburg

Around 8 p.m., an order came from General Sykes to occupy Big Round Top. After a strained consultation between Colonels Rice, Fisher and Chamberlain, it was decided that Chamberlain’s 20th Maine would lead the way as skirmishers, followed by Fisher’s 5th and 9th Pennsylvania Reserves. The map...

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Contending for Big Round Top on the Night of July 2 | Gettysburg

Photo from @Gandycreek https://civilwartalk.com/threads/foto-friday.153985/page-2#post-1974149 Toward 9 p.m., Colonel Chamberlain deployed his 20th Maine as skirmishers and ascended Big Round Top, moving silently to conceal his strength. Meeting token resistance, the regiment suffered minor...

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Consolidating Federal Control on Big Round Top | Gettysburg

Around midnight, Colonel Rice’s 83rd Pennsylvania joined the 20th Maine on Big Round Top, while Colonel Fisher’s 5th and 12th Pennsylvania Reserves took possession of the summit. At that hour, division commander General Crawford crawled through the Wheatfield with a staff officer to inspect the...

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Daylight on the Round Tops - July 3 | Gettysburg

photo from @White Flint Bill https://civilwartalk.com/threads/culps-hill-and-little-round-top.161442/#post-2114778 Skirmish fire broke out at the Round Tops at early light on July 3, around 4 a.m. Sunrise came at 4:36 a.m. Both sides completed solid works of stone, anchored on larger boulders...

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Morning on the Round Tops – July 3 | Gettysburg

Tilton and Sweitzer’s 9th Massachusetts replaced Rice’s brigade, which retired. The brutal skirmishing tapered off in the late forenoon and the lull lasted until the Confederates opened an intense artillery barrage in the early afternoon, prior to an assault against Cemetery Ridge. Map marks...

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[Nathan Stuart]

Are there any books out there that just cover what took place on BIG Round Top ??? I am open to all suggestion. Thanks

Have not personally found any books dedicated exclusively to BIG Round Top.

There are references to Big Round Top in the many titles on the battle by credible authors like Pfanz, Sears and Trudeau.

Would suggest more details could be found by obtaining some book about the assault on Little Round Top. For example, 'Storming Little Round Top' by Phillip Thomas Tucker has an entire chapter on Big Round Top, as well as plenty of references to this specific location throughout the text.