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[MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case. NOTE: The MP3-CD format requires a compatible sound CD player.]
[Read by Barrett Whitener]
Considered by Civil War historians to be among the finest regimental histories ever written, this beloved standard of American history tells how Chamberlain and his men fought at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville on the way to the pivotal battle of Gettysburg, where their heroism earned them a location in the history books. -- It was at Little Round Top that the volunteer regiment, the Twentieth Maine, with Joshua Chamberlain in command, performed one of the 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 any 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 one of the regiments chosen to get the surrender of General Lee's infantry, and Joshua Chamberlain, the Bowdoin professor who had become a general, was appointed to command the Union troops at the ceremony.
