Description: Little Round Top. Three words that resonate in American military history. It was there, at one of the most visited sites on the Gettysburg battlefield, that Confederates under Maj. Gen. John B. Hood tried to turn the left flank of the Army of the Potomac. Only the supreme efforts of Col.
Brief description: Joseph M. Boslet is a retired registered professional engineer and certified safety professional with 35 years of experience in safety and risk management in the insurance industry. A Penn State University graduate, he holds numerous certifications and has taught and written on related subjects. A Vietnam War combat veteran and dedicated Civil War scholar, he has served as president and board member of several Civil War Round Tables in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area. With his wife, two grown sons, and grandchildren, he has explored many eastern battlefields. Boslet has published several articles on Civil War topics, including in Gettysburg Magazine. Little Round Top at Gettysburg is his first book.
Review Quotes: "A topic of considerable historiographical interest in the last thirty years, the tactical fight for Little Round Top has never been as comprehensively interpreted as it is here. Joe Boslet's arguments are well-grounded in the sources and evoke a professional soldier's special understanding of the experience of combat. More importantly, they refocus our attention on Union and Confederate regiments and commanders too often overlooked in previous studies and analyze the outcome of this part of the battle of Gettysburg in its proper context."--Dr. Christian B. Keller, Professor of History, DNSS, Director of the Military History Program, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, PA, and author of The Great Partnership