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joshua chamberlain ti

joshua chamberlain ti

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__html__Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) was a pivotal figure — perhaps the pivotal figure — in the Union victory in the American Civil War. At least that's what you're taught if you're from his native Maine, where his actions leading the 20th Maine Infantry at Gettysburg are positioned as decisive in that battle and, thus, in the war. With an Alabama regiment sweeping toward the 20th Maine on the hill Little Round Top, and with his men low on ammunition, Chamberlain ordered a bayonet charge which captured more than 100 Confederates and defended the hill. With this action, the Union was saved.Historians (at least those outside Maine) are less sure. There's little evidence he even made his famous "Bayonets!" yell; it may have been someone else's idea entirely. And even had the 20th Maine fallen, there were 12,000 other Union soldiers nearby and the fate of his unit was not anywhere close to save-the-Union importance. But Hollywood has been kind to Chamberlain; he was played by Jeff Daniels in the movies Gettysburg (1993) and Gods and Generals (2003) and portrayed as pivotally important. (Even in the Percy Jackson books!)To be clear: not a bad dude or anything. Served four years as governor of Maine, was president of Bowdoin College, wounded six times in battle — good soldier, good man! Just didn't personally save the United States of America one afternoon.One note about this embedding: Joshua Chamberlain had several walruses worth of mustache, in nearly every photograph