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Dear Fellow Expat:

My computer has a sticker of actor Jeff Daniels playing Joshua Chamberlain in the Civil War epic Gettysburg. Chamberlain was a Union officer in the Civil War who gained fame for his defense of Little Round Top at Gettysburg.

The 20^th Maine Infantry was trying to hold the high ground, and the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment stormed up the hill three times, trying to maneuver around them. We'd have seen a much different outcome if Chamberlain’s men hadn’t managed to hold their position.

The film, Gettysburg, depicts this critical “battle within the battle.” After the third charge and retreat by the Confederate soldiers, Chamberlain’s men were running very low on ammunition.

So – he did the only logical thing that came to him.

He told his men to fix their bayonets… and charge downhill at the scrambling enemy. It caught the Confederates entirely by surprise. Many surrendered. Many just ran away.