Strong Vincent (17 June 1837 – 7 July 1863) was a Colonel of the US Army during the American Civil War. Vincent was known for his brave stand on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, during which he was mortally wounded.
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Strong Vincent was born in Waterford, Pennsylvania on 17 June 1837, and he graduated from Harvard University in 1859 to become a lawyer in Erie. At the start of the American Civil War, he joined the state militia, and he was commissioned a Lieutenant-Colonel in September 1861 and a Colonel in June 1862. On 20 May 1863, he took over the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps in the Army of the Potomac after the brigade commander was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville, and his brigade fought at the Battle of Gettysburg on Little Round Top. Vincent ordered for his men not to give an inch to the Confederate army, and he was shot in the groin during the brave defense of the hill. Vincent died five days later at a nearby farm, and he was posthumously promoted to Brigadier-General.