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Loading... Joshua L. Chamberlain : a life in letters : the previously unpublished letters of a great leader of the Civil War (2012)by Thomas A. Desjardin (Editor), Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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His life is a remarkable story of perseverance, tragedy and triumph. From an insecure young man with a considerable stutter who grew up in a small town in eastern Maine, Joshua Chamberlain rose to become a major general, recipient of the Medal of Honor, Governor of Maine and President of Bowdoin College. His writings are among the most oft-quoted of all Civil War memoirs, and he has become a legendary, even mythical historical figure. In 1995, the National Civil War Museum acquired a collection of approximately three hundred letters written by or sent to Chamberlain from his college years in 1852 to his death in 1914. Author Thomas Desjardin puts Chamberlain's words in contemporary and historical context and uses this extraordinary collection of letters to reveal - for the first time - the full and remarkable life of Joshua Chamberlain No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.7441092History and Geography North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil War General military history North Atlantic States MaineLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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