Description
[MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case. NOTE: The MP3-CD format requires a compatible audio CD player.]
[Read by Barrett Whitener]
Thought to be by Civil War historians to be one of the most absolute best regimental histories ever written, this beloved standard of American history tells how Chamberlain and his men fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville on their approach to the pivotal battle of Gettysburg, where their heroism earned them a spot within the history books. — It was once at Little Round Top that the volunteer regiment, the Twentieth Maine, with Joshua Chamberlain in command, performed one of the most miracles of the Civil War and saved the left flank of the Union battle line. Outnumbered two to one, their front doubled back to the shape of a horseshoe. And with ammunition gone, the men fixed bayonets, charged, and not only broke up the Confederate attack but took four hundred prisoners. — At Appomattox, the Twentieth Maine was once one of the most regiments chosen to receive the give up of General Lee’s infantry, and Joshua Chamberlain, the Bowdoin professor who had turn out to be a general, was once appointed to command the Union troops on the ceremony.