Joshua Chamberlain of Maine forged an incredible career during the Civil War. An academic and theologian by training, this modest young professor left Bowdoin College to accept a commission as lieutenant colonel of the Twentieth Maine. He fought at Antietam and Fredericksburg, then led his regiment to glory at Gettysburg, where he ordered the brilliant charge that saved Little Round Top. Promoted to brigade command, Chamberlain won a battlefield promotion to brigadier general from Ulysses S. Grant for his distinguished conduct in the assaults against Petersburg. He was held in such high esteem by his superior officers that Grant accorded him the hor of receiving the formal Confederate surrender at Appomattox. There Chamberlain endeared himself to succeeding generations with his unforgettable salute to Robert E. Lee's defeated army. After the war, he went on to serve four terms as goverr of his home state and later became president of Bowdoin College. He wrote prolifically about the war, including The Passing of the Armies, a classic account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac. This remarkable biography traces his life and times.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Blackstone Audiobooks
ISBN-10
144174522x
ISBN-13
9781441745224
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189298698
Product Key Features
Author
Alice Rains Trulock
Format
CD-Audio, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Subject
Biography: Historical, Political & Military
Type
Textbook
Additional Product Features
Running Time
776
Read by
Professor Grover Gardner
Date of Publication
01/03/2013
Contained Items Statement
10 Audio Cds
Country of Publication
United States
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