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1889 reunion veterans of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. General Joshua L. Chamberlain, the officer who commanded them in battle, is seated at center right, bracketed by the Maltese Cross banner of the V Corps (5th) and the unit's regimental flag. Left is a monument to the unit recently erected by its veterans.
The 20th Maine is a two-player board wargame where one player controls the Union army, and the other the Confederate army. Although the game has a small 17" x 22" hex grid map scaled at 20 yds (18 m) per hex and only 100 counters, there are 12 pages of rules, making the game relatively complex.
Earlier in the war, the 20th had been led by Adelbert Ames of Rockland. The son of a sea captain, Ames rose at Gettysburg to command of a division . He led the successful assault in the Second Battle of Fort Fisher (commanding the 2nd Division, XXIV Corps ), accompanying his men into the formidable coastal fortress as most of his staff were ...
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After Gettysburg, the major battles in which Thomas Chamberlain and the 20th Maine were involved were the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House and the Siege of Petersburg. At the Siege of Petersburg , the 20th Maine was in reserve, while Joshua (against his better judgment) led his Pennsylvania Bucktail brigade in a charge on a section of the ...
After the war Shaw returned home to Maine and married Elizabeth Sanford. He set up a successful medical practice in the town of Portland practicing medicine well into his later years. Dr. Shaw attended many army reunions throughout the rest of his life and kept in contact with many members of the 20th Maine.
Firefighters drench the two-story structure that caught fire at 29 River Street in Sanford, Maine, on Thursday, March 21, 2024. They battled high and unhelpful winds too.
Melcher was assigned to the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment which was organized in and equipped at Camp Mason near Portland, Maine, on August 29, 1862 and with it was immediately assigned to the V Corps; serving in that organization for the duration of the war. [1] The 20th Maine first engaged in combat in the Battle of Shepherdstown Ford; the end ...