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The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a combat unit of the United States Army during the American civil War, most famous for its defense of Little Round Top at the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. ON July 2, 1863, in the Battle of Gettysburg, where it was stationed on Little Round Top at the extreme left of the Union line. When the regiment came under heavy attack from the Confederate 15th Alabama regiment,refused an order and left ranks and flanked to the left, setting, and after about 3-4 hours of fighting the 20th Maine completely ran out of ammunition and responded to the rebels by charging downhill with fixed bayonets, thus ending the Confederate attack on the hill.

The 20th Maine and the adjacent 83rd Pennsylvania together captured over 400 men from the 47th and 15th Alabama regiments. The defense of Little Round Top with a bayonet charge by the 20th Maine was one of the most fabled Episodes in the Civil War and propelled Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain into prominence after the war The 20th Maine marched from Appomattox, Virginia, on May 2, reaching Washington, D.C., on May 12, where it was mustered out of service on July 16, 1865. The 20th Maine had an initial enrollment of 1,621 men, losing 150 dead from combat, 146 dead from disease, 381 wounded, and 15 in Confederate prisons.

Todays Voluntary Army, The Maine Sharp Shooters, consists of Soldiers that are ready to fight and use minds and teamwork over skill to acheive victory in our battles. Mainesharpshooters was yesterday's army and out of respect to our fallen, we are the Maine Sharp Shooters.