Sept 2014 UPDATE: History: Brunswick, Maine Civil War Round Table
Visit the Historic Home of Civil War Hero Joshua Chamberlain in Brunswick, Maine
"Lawrence Joshua ( I thought it was Joshua Lawrence .TD) Chamberlain was a quiet college professor when the Civil War began, but before it was over he became one of the Union's most celebrated officers - the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg and the man selected to accept Robert E. Lee's formal surrender at Appomattox." More here at Gettysburg Daily
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"After the war, Chamberlain returned to Brunswick, Maine and his teaching position at Bowdoin College. He was elected to four terms as Governor of the state of Maine and, later, became president of Bowdoin."
Visit the Historic Home of Civil War Hero Joshua Chamberlain in Brunswick, Maine
"Lawrence Joshua ( I thought it was Joshua Lawrence .TD) Chamberlain was a quiet college professor when the Civil War began, but before it was over he became one of the Union's most celebrated officers - the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg and the man selected to accept Robert E. Lee's formal surrender at Appomattox." More here at Gettysburg Daily
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"After the war, Chamberlain returned to Brunswick, Maine and his teaching position at Bowdoin College. He was elected to four terms as Governor of the state of Maine and, later, became president of Bowdoin."
MAINE INFANTRY REGIMENTS in the Civil War.
Brunswick Trivia: "Brunswick, Maine has the widest main street in Maine because Indians burned down the town and in order for that not to happen again they made the main street very wide so that the fire could not jump from building to building." More here.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, Uncle Tom's Cabin was largely composed in Brunswick, ME. "Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist, wrote the novel as a response to the 1850 passage of the second Fugitive Slave Act. Much of the book was composed in Brunswick, Maine, where her husband, Calvin Ellis Stowe, taught at his alma mater, Bowdoin College."....
"In recent years, the negative associations with Uncle Tom's Cabin have, to an extent, overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a "vital antislavery tool." "
I searched over three hours for a roster of troops from Brunswick who served in the Civil War. Perhaps the numerous links included in this post can lead those interested in this subject to research further. If you find something, please leave us a link in the comments section below
the post. TD
More sources here.
2014 UPDATES:
Civil War general's Medal of Honor discovered inside book at church sale
The August 2014 issue of Civil War Times features on pages 28-29, this article: "Chamberlain's Beloved Brunswick". This photo showing a Maltese cross representing the Army of the Potomac's V Corps that once decorated the chimney of the Chamberlain home is in this article.
the post. TD
More sources here.
2014 UPDATES:
Civil War general's Medal of Honor discovered inside book at church sale
Joshua Chamberlain's original Medal of Honor (Courtesy Pejepscot Historical Society)
The August 2014 issue of Civil War Times features on pages 28-29, this article: "Chamberlain's Beloved Brunswick". This photo showing a Maltese cross representing the Army of the Potomac's V Corps that once decorated the chimney of the Chamberlain home is in this article.
3 comments:
Bill:
Chamberlain was very likely the man who saved the United States of America with his unusual maneuver at Gettysburg.
I would highly recommend the factional (skillful mixture of fact and fiction) book “Gettysburg” by Mike Shaara, and the movie that was based on the book.
As a personal note, I attended a class in writing taught by Mr. Shaara at Brevard Community College in Cocoa, Florida during the 1980s. The advice he gave to wanna-be writers of published fiction was to stick to their own experiences in life – for example, his inspiration for writing about the U.S. Civil War was his family experience of heated parental arguments. He said it got so bad the kids made a request in writing they divorce! This didn’t happen, as mom and dad were so shocked by the petition (well written by Mike, the eldest son) from their children they kissed and made up.
Come to think of it: What a great metaphor for the U.S. Civil War!
Great account, Ronbo. Thank you. My post about the Orange and Green above this can be related to the Civil War; at least I did.
Lawrence Chamberlain and the man who returned him to life in the 20th century - Mike Shaara - two of my all time favorite American patriots!
I didn't understand at the time I knew Shaara in the middle 1980s as his student in fictional writing that he was almost a carbon copy of Chamberlain: intellectual, writer, soldier and fighter, as Shaara had been a paratrooper in the peacetime U.S. Army, a college lecturer, an author and a amateur boxer complete with a broken nose. I have no doubt if he had been in a war, Shaara would have performed heroic deeds!
Re-posted your article here with my comments:
http://ronbosoldier.blogspot.com/2012/06/man-who-saved-america.html
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