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White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939-
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Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914.
United States. Army. Corps, 5th (1862-1865)
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Brewer (Me.) -- Biography.
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White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939-
Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914.
United States. Army. Corps, 5th (1862-1865)
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Brewer (Me.) -- Biography.
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On great fields : the
life
and
unlikely
heroism
of
Joshua
Lawrence
Chamberlain
/ Ronald C. White.
by
White, Ronald C. (Ronald Cedric), 1939-
Random House, 2023.
Call #:
973.7092 C443w
Subjects
Chamberlain
,
Joshua
Lawrence
, 1828-1914.
United States. Army. Corps, 5th (1862-1865)
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Brewer (Me.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780525510086 (hc)
Alternate title:
Life
and
unlikely
heroism
of
Joshua
Lawrence
Chamberlain
.
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xix, 483 p. : ill. (b&w), maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"Before 1862,
Joshua
Lawrence
Chamberlain
had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North's greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers. Despite being wounded at Petersburg -- and told by two surgeons he would die --
Chamberlain
survived the war, going on to be elected governor of Maine four times and serve as president of Bowdoin College. How did a stuttering young boy come to be fluent in nine languages and even teach speech and rhetoric? How did a trained minister find his way to the battlefield? Award-winning historian Ronald C. White delves into these contradictions in this definitive, cradle-to-death biography of General
Joshua
Lawrence
Chamberlain
, from his upbringing in rural Maine to his tenacious, empathetic military leadership and his influential post-war public service, exploring a question that still plagues so many veterans: How do you make a civilian
life
of meaning after having experienced the extreme highs and lows of war?"--Publisher.
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Biographies.
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