Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828–1914)
Autor(a) de The Passing of the Armies
About the Author
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Obras por Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Through Blood & Fire: Selected Civil War Papers of Major General Joshua Chamberlain (1996) 60 exemplares
Joshua L. Chamberlain : a life in letters : the previously unpublished letters of a great leader of the Civil War (2012) 55 exemplares
Honor answering honor: [letter 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence
- Outros nomes
- Chamberlain, Lawrence Joshua
- Data de nascimento
- 1828-09-08
- Data de falecimento
- 1914-02-24
- Localização do túmulo
- Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Brewer, Maine, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Portland, Maine, USA
- Locais de residência
- Brunswick, Maine, USA
- Educação
- Bowdoin College
Bangor Theological Seminary - Ocupações
- college professor
college administrator (Bowdoin College president)
army officer
lawyer
politician (governor of Maine) - Organizações
- Union Army
Bowdoin College
Maine state government - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Congressional Medal of Honor
Phi Beta Kappa
Membros
Críticas
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.… (mais)
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.… (mais)
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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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 13
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 856
- Popularidade
- #29,896
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 9
- ISBN
- 35
- Marcado como favorito
- 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.… (mais)