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Best known as the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg and the commanding officer of the troops who accepted the Confederates' surrender at Appomattox, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (18281914) has become one of the most famous and most studied figures of Civil War history. After the war, he went on to serve as governor of Maine and president of Bowdoin College. The first collection of his postwar letters, this book offers important insights for understanding Chamberlains later years and his place in chronicling the war. The letters included here reveal Chamberlains perspective on military events at Gettysburg, Five Forks, and Appomattox, and on the planning of ceremonies to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Gettysburg. As Jeremiah Goulka points out in his introduction, the letters also shed light on Chamberlains views on politics, race relations, and education, and they expose some of the personal difficulties he faced late in life. On a broader scale, Chamberlains correspondence contributes to a better understanding of the influence of Civil War veterans on American life and the impact of the war on veterans themselves. It also says much about state and national politics (including the politics of pensions), family roles and relationships, and ideas of masculinity in Victorian America.

Joshua Chamberlain has fascinated historians and readers ever since his service in the Civil War caused his commanding officers to sit up and take notice when the young professor was on the field. What makes a man a gifted soldier and natural leader? In this compelling book, Diane Monroe Smith argues that finding the answer requires a consideration of Chamberlain's entire life, not just his few years on the battlefield. Truly understanding Chamberlain is impossible, Smith maintains, without exploring the life of Joshua's soul mate and wife of almost fifty years, Fanny. In this dual biography, Fanny emerges as a bright, talented woman who kept Professor, General, and then Governor Chamberlain on his toes. But you don't have to take Smith's word for it. Liberally quoting from years of correspondence, the author invites you to judge for yourself.

Hidden beneath his blue uniform and fine suits, the wound from Petersburg quietly tortured Chamberlain. Because of the damage to his urethra, he initially required a catheter, which created a fistula near the base of his penis that never healed. [...]the general's story highlights the intersections between the \"dark history\" of disabled Union veterans and traditional narratives of military heroes and postwar successes.62 In Chamberlain, these readings merge: his is a story about bravery and accomplishment as well as the struggle of postwar disability, demonstrating not only the complexity of disabled veterans' lives, but the interconnections between seemingly divergent historiographical interpretations.

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., \"The Soldier's Faith,\" speech at Harvard University, Speeches, 1913.

When are people willing to sacrifice for the common good? What are the benefits of friendship? How do communities deal with betrayal? And what are the costs and benefits of being in a diverse community? Using the life histories of more than forty thousand Civil War soldiers, Dora Costa and Matthew Kahn answer these questions and uncover the vivid stories, social influences, and crucial networks that influenced soldiers' lives both during and after the war. Drawing information from government documents, soldiers' journals, and one of the most extensive research projects about Union Army soldiers ever undertaken, Heroes and Cowards demonstrates the role that social capital plays in people's decisions. The makeup of various companies--whether soldiers were of the same ethnicity, age, and occupation--influenced whether soldiers remained loyal or whether they deserted. Costa and Kahn discuss how the soldiers benefited from friendships, what social factors allowed some to survive the POW camps while others died, and how punishments meted out for breaking codes of conduct affected men after the war. The book also examines the experience of African-American soldiers and makes important observations about how their comrades shaped their lives. Heroes and Cowards highlights the inherent tensions between the costs and benefits of community diversity, shedding light on how groups and societies behave and providing valuable lessons for the present day.

In February, state Sen. Garrett Mason, R-Lisbon, offered legislation that would have seen Maine exchange a statue of the state's first governor, William King, with one of the state's famed Civil War hero Gen. Joshua Chamberlain, also a governor. Under Mason's proposal, King's statue would be returned to the State House Hall of Flags for the state's bicentennial celebration in 2020. Likewise, a new statue of Chamberlain would be installed in Washington. On Tuesday the Legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee amended Mason's bill into a Legislative resolve directing the Maine Arts Commission, Maine Historic Preservation Commission and the Maine State Museum Commission to study six key areas any statue swap would entail and report back to the committee by January 2016.

Together in August last year, the two men consumed a cask of wine, a bottle of spirits and a cocktail of non-prescription drugs, before they bashed 76 year old Francois Beugels to the ground and repeatedly punched, kicked and stomped on his head and neck. Mr [Joshua Chamberlain] later admitted to saying it was \"funny when we both kicked him in the head at the same time.\" In his Victim Impact Statement tendered to the court, Mr [Beugels] says \"the stalking, and the vicious, relentless and sustained assault I was subjected to has turned my life completely upside down physically, psychologically, mentally and emotionally.\"

The novel traces [Joshua Chamberlain]'s evolution from \"an arrogant, overbearing professor to unwitting and unlikely hero and leader of men.\" After transforming from a college professor with no formal military training who turned the tide of the war at Gettysburg, Chamberlain was a genuine war hero. By war's end, he was so respected that Ulysses S. Grant chose Chamberlain to accept the South's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.

The Chamberlain Ball gala - named for the great Civil War hero from Maine, Joshua Chamberlain - will include dancing (with dance cards) to an authentic Civil War-era fiddle band, hors d'oeurves, themed photo booth and the opportunity to dance with the cast of MSMT's Chamberlain: A Civil War Romance.

The Chamberlain Ball gala - named for the great Civil War hero from Maine, Joshua Chamberlain - will include dancing (with dance cards) to an authentic Civil War-era fiddle band, hors d'oeurves, themed photo booth and the opportunity to dance with the cast of MSMT's Chamberlain: A Civil War Romance.