Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828–1914)
Autore di The Passing of the Armies
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Opere di Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Joshua L. Chamberlain : a life in letters : the previously unpublished letters of a great leader of the Civil War (2012) 55 copie
Honor answering honor: [letter 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence
- Altri nomi
- Chamberlain, Lawrence Joshua
- Data di nascita
- 1828-09-08
- Data di morte
- 1914-02-24
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Brewer, Maine, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Portland, Maine, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Brunswick, Maine, USA
- Istruzione
- Bowdoin College
Bangor Theological Seminary - Attività lavorative
- college professor
college administrator (Bowdoin College president)
army officer
lawyer
politician (governor of Maine) - Organizzazioni
- Union Army
Bowdoin College
Maine state government - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Congressional Medal of Honor
Phi Beta Kappa
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The first chapter is pretty tedious. Once he gets into the details of his role in the Appomattox campaign, he excels. Decent info on the battle experience of the two regiments of his brigade, and of course the V Corps.. I don't believe there are excessive mention of other soldiers except in the chapter about the last review at DC, as stated by one reviewer. This book shows more realism about the actual conditions of combat, than any other book that I ever read. He describes some gory details of battle, like tying off the vein of an injured soldier like it is a common place event, which it may have been.
He does quote Shakespeare, which I really like. Chamberlain is an excellent writer from the late 1800's, and I like his light sarcasm. Actually humorous at times. Not thrilled with the formatting of the book though, no index and not enough maps.… (altro)
He does quote Shakespeare, which I really like. Chamberlain is an excellent writer from the late 1800's, and I like his light sarcasm. Actually humorous at times. Not thrilled with the formatting of the book though, no index and not enough maps.… (altro)
This is a collection of some of General Chamberlain's writings produced during and also after the war. It's refreshing to read somebody talking about duty and honor who actually means it. It took me a while to reconcile our own jaded culture with his time, but the effort was worth it. The transcript of the speech he gave to the reunion banquet of the Sixteenth Maine Volunteers brings tears to my eyes every time I read it!
A valiant accounting of what happened on Little Round Top with the men of the Twentieth Maine led by Col. Joshua Chamberlain.
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- Opere
- 13
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 867
- Popolarità
- #29,521
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 9
- ISBN
- 35
- Preferito da
- 2
I read it (except for Chamberlain's 8 page hand written report at the end) on Tuesday, August 15, 2017. This reading was stimulated by my receipt of '"Bayonet! Forward" My Civil War Reminiscenes', also by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. This booklet is actually Chapter 2 of that larger book, without the photographs and the handwritten report and with differences in maps.
If you read the booklet, I suggest that you have a good map(s) available.… (altro)