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Never forget the 20th Maine that held the extreme left flank of Union lines at Gettysburg.
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” . . .the 20th Maine ran low on ammunition after one and a half hours of continuous fighting; it responded to the sight of rebel infantry forming again for yet another push up the slope at them by instead suddenly charging downhill with fixed bayonets, surprising and scattering the Confederates, thus ending the attack on the hill and the attempt to flank the hill position and move around the south end of the Federal “fishhook”.”
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If their position had crumbled Gettysburg could possibly have been a Confederate victory instead of a Union victory. A Union loss would have left the route to Washington DC wide open.
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Disgruntled Old Coot 