God. North.
That's right. General Lee had brought the war to the North. The South was winning. The Northern forces were outnumbered, and they were on the run. Then they dug in there. All along that ridge. General Meade, the Northern general, he drew a line out there, and he gave instructions to his troops to defend it at all costs. And that means with your life.
What happened?
They prayed. Both sides did. These were extremely religious people.
I meant what happened with the fighting?
Well, imagine. You're bone tired, you're cut off from water. The most crucial part of the line that must be held. It's tight up there. You see up there, that little hill? It's Little Round Top. There are just 300 of you. You're commanded by a school teacher from Maine. When suddenly, 2000 enemy soldiers come charging out of those trees, screaming at the top of their lungs, determined to cut you down.
Did they?
They charged twice . And then a third time. And that's when this teacher from Maine, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was his name, asked his men to do a very strange thing.
What?
He told them to stop shooting. No guns, just bayonets. And instead of shooting, they charged down the side of that hill toward the enemy. And it was so unexpected, it was so crazy, but the line was held that day. All because of a school teacher from Maine, who was willing to do what was necessary for a cause that he believed in.
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