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  2. 20th Maine Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 20th Maine Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment of the United States Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), most famous for its defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1–3, 1863.

  3. Little Round Top - Wikipedia

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    Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named Big Round Top.It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War.

  4. Maine in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Lincoln chose Maine's Hannibal Hamlin as his first Vice President. The future General Joshua L. Chamberlain and the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment played a key role at the Battle of Gettysburg, and the 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment lost more men in a single charge during the siege of Petersburg than any Union regiment in ...

  5. Walter Goodale Morrill - Wikipedia

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    Morrill was raised in Williamsburg, Maine. In 1861 the age of 20, he enlisted as a sergeant in Company A, 6th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. A year later he was commissioned as an officer in Company B, 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was promoted several times, ultimately to lieutenant colonel. He mustered out on June 4, 1865. [1]

  6. Ellis Spear - Wikipedia

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    Ellis Spear (October 15, 1834 – April 3, 1917) was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.On April 10, 1866, the United States Senate confirmed President Andrew Johnson's February 24 nomination of Spear for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general to rank from April 9, 1865.

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  8. List of Maine Civil War units - Wikipedia

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    17th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 18th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 21st Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 22nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 23rd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 24th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; 25th Maine Volunteer ...

  9. Abner O. Shaw - Wikipedia

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    Abner Ormiel Shaw (February 16, 1837 – January 27, 1934) was an American physician from Maine who served in the Civil War with the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Early life [ edit ]