In God We Trust

Posted by: Jonathan R. Allen

April 22, 1864

Under an act of the Federal Congress, the words “In God We Trust” were first stamped on United States coins.

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On July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg on Little Round Top, Col. Oates and his Alabamians attacked Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain’s men from Maine for almost two hours. The men of Maine and Alabama fought hard and had a deadly fight.

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9 Sep

On July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, Joshua L. Chamberlain sent troops from his Company B between the two Round Tops to cover the left flank. The Johnny Rebs were coming on strong and the left flank of the Union was at great risk.

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8 Sep

On July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, Joshua L. Chamberlain and 350 men of the 20th Maine double-timed up Little Round Top and took positions behind boulders and whatever cover they could find. There was no time to spare, the Johnny Rebs were coming.

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7 Sep

On July 2, 1863, at Gettysburg on Little Round Top, Joshua Chamberlain was ordered to hold Little Round Top “at all hazards.”

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6 Sep

On July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, the Union 5th Corps troops were needed to hold Little Round Top secure. If Little Round Top fell to the Confederates, then the entire control of the Union lines would be lost, and probably so too, the Battle of Gettysburg.

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5 Sep

On July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg on Little Round Top, Gen. Warren called for reinforcements including four regiments from the Union 5th Corps. One of these regiments was the 20th Maine, led by Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

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4 Sep

On July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, Generals Warren and Robeling quickly realized the dire circumstances for the Union at Little Round Top. Hood’s Texan troops were busy advancing up the rocky ravine between Little Round Top and Big Round Top.

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3 Sep

On July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, Gen. Meade sent Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, the chief topographical engineer for the Army of the Potomac, and a young lieutenant named Washington Robeling to Little Round Top to scout out the situation.

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On July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, only a Union signal station occupied Little Round Top, there was opportunity for the rebels. A brigade of Alabamians advanced on the smaller of the two Round Tops.

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1 Sep

On July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, Col. William C. Oates from three hundred feet above the field of action, could see that if artillery were moved to the heights of Little Round Top, then he could tear the Federal lines apart with cannon fire.

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