157 years ago today a college professor led volunteers from Maine and defeated wave after wave of attacks from elements of John Bell Hood’s division. One man saved the nation and won the Medal of Honor; the other has one of the largest US Army bases named after him. pic.twitter.com/DVtMU3Zth1— Mike Donahue (@ltcmiked) July 2, 2020
Friday, July 3, 2020
Gettysburg - 20th Maine Saves the Day
Thank God that Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who's career prior to his time in the Union army was as a professor of rhetoric at Maine's Bowdoin College, was in the right place at the right time.
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