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The Passing of the Armies, full title The Passing of the Armies; An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based Upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps [1] is an American Civil War memoir written by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a renowned commander most famous for his actions on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (born Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, September 8, 1828 – February 24, 1914) [1] [2] was an American college professor and politician from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army.
Ronald Cedric "Ron" White Jr. (born May 22, 1939) is an American historian, author, and lecturer. [1] He has written bestselling and award-winning biographies of Abraham Lincoln [2] and Ulysses S. Grant, as well as three other books on Lincoln and a biography of Joshua Chamberlain.
To Gettysburg and Beyond: The Parallel Lives of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Edward Porter Alexander. New York: Crown Publishers, 1995. Longacre, Edward G. Joshua Chamberlain: The Soldier and the Man. Combined Publishing, 1999. ISBN 978-1-58097-021-1. Pullen, John J. Joshua Chamberlain: A Hero's Life and Legacy. Stackpole Books, 1999.
Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named Big Round Top.It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left flank on July 2, 1863, the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, during the American Civil War.
His book, The Civil War Recollections of General Ellis Spear was published posthumously in 1998. [1] Spear wrote that he believed that many members of the 20th Maine, particularly Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, exaggerated their roles at the Battle of Gettysburg actions at Little Round Top and at Battle of Fredericksburg. [4]
1889 reunion veterans of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. General Joshua L. Chamberlain, the officer who commanded them in battle, is seated at center right, bracketed by the Maltese Cross banner of the V Corps (5th) and the unit's regimental flag. Left is a monument to the unit recently erected by its veterans.
Rasback, Dennis A. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign: His Supposed Charge from Fort Hell, his Near-Mortal Wound, and a Civil War Myth Reconsidered. Savas Beatie, 2016. ISBN 978-1-61121-306-5. Robertson, William Glenn. The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys, June 9, 1864. Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E ...