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1863: Col. Joshua Chamberlain's Report on the Battle of Gettysburg Field Near Emmitsburg - July 6, 1863. SIR: In compliance with the request of the colonel commanding the brigade, I have the honor to submit a somewhat detailed report of the...
However in spite of his condition, Joshua Chamberlain took a liking to him and bought him for $150.00. Chamberlain improved his condition and he became a good looking horse plus was very affectionate. He was a Morgan Breed who are know to be friendly and affectionate. Chamberlain mentions Charlemagne in many of his writings.
Here's a video that tells a true but little-known story of how a Confederate infantryman spared Joshua Chamberlain's life on Little Round Top, July 2, 1863. Reactions: Private Joseph , Private Lee , rebel brit and 13 others
The following is copied from an excellent medical case study in the March 2000 issue of the Journal of Urology: “The Lion of the Union: The Pelvic Wound of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain” by Dr. William J. Harmon and Dr. Charles K. McAllister. ***I have added the common medical definitions for...
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born on this day in 1828. He was an American college professor from the State of Maine, who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Federal Army. Although having no earlier education in military strategies, he became a highly respected and decorated Federal officer, reaching the rank of brigadier ...
After Chamberlain wrote to Oates, he sent a copy of his letter to John Nicholson of the War Department's Gettysburg National Park Commission. Nicholson wrote back: " I wish to congratulate you upon the dignified, manly, soldierly and gentlemanly way in which you have replied to him," Nicholson wrote.
And when soldiering became their work, they fought hard. Bvt. Maj. General Joshua L. Chamberlain praised them as among the best soldiers he had ever commanded. He credited the regiment's color sergeant, Andrew J. Tozier, with saving the 20th Maine Infantry at Little Round Top on July 2nd, 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg.
Abel Comstock, a veteran of the 21st Ohio's fighting on Horseshoe Ridge at Chickamauga, wrote his regimental commander, Col. Arnold McMahan, in the 1880s explaining in his own way circumstances like you mention regarding Chamberlain and his subordinates, and the endless debates, etc. "Glory as I take it, on the battlefield is an uncertain quantity, that almost every fellow would be willing at ...
General Joshua Chamberlain was a champion for the Union in the Battle of Gettysburg, leading the 20th Maine regiment. David Guildford August 29, 2024 BRUNSWICK, Maine — More than 40 years ago, Chamberlain's granddaughter donated the general's boots and saddle. He rode the saddle atop his beloved horses, including Charlemagne.
"One hundred years ago tomorrow, a great and noble American passed into eternity. On February 24, 1914, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Union Army officer, Bowdoin College professor, governor of Maine, and Christian gentleman, died at the age of eighty-five at his home in Portland, Maine of a battle wound incurred almost fifty years before.