An unlikely hero to the
Army of the Potomac, college professor Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain led the 20th
Maine Division in all the fiercest battles of the Eastern theatre, winning the Medal of Honor for his heroic leadership at Gettysburg. A brilliant, insightful, must-read for all Civil War buffs. Introduction by James McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom. Period artwork, photos, and engravings. Reprint.
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Background Information
Maine was still part of Massachusetts at the time of the Revolution, but soon separated and was admitted as a state. The main Union force protesting the national capital and the Eastern states during the Civil War was the Army of the Potomac, which under generals Meade and Grant eventually brought the war to a close.