Killer Angels Civil War Book
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Entering Bowdoin College , Chamberlain studied the
traditional classical curriculum and showed particular skill
at languages. But first Chamberlain took his Bowdoin A. B.
degree, in the Class of 1852, and returned north for three
more years of study. Turning down the opportunity to become
a ministe ....
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.... services. Offered a year's travel with
pay in Europe in 1862 to study languages, Chamberlain
instead volunteered his military services to Maine's
governor. He was soon made lieutenant colonel of the 20th
Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
He is best remembered for two great events: the action
at Little Round Top, on the second day of Gettysburg (2 July
1863), when then-Colonel Chamberlain and the 20th Maine held
the extreme left flank of the Union line against a fierce
rebel attack, ....
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