Synopses & Reviews
This remarkable biography traces the life and times of Joshua L. Chamberlain, the professor-turned-soldier who led the Twentieth Maine Regiment to glory at Gettysburg, earned a battlefield promotion to brigadier general from Ulysses S. Grant at Petersburg, and was wounded six times during the course of the Civil War. Chosen to accept the formal Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Chamberlain endeared himself to succeeding generations with his unforgettable salutation of Robert E. Lee's vanquished army. After the war, he went on to serve four terms as governor of his home state of Maine and later became president of Bowdoin College. He wrote prolifically about the war, including The Passing of the Armies, a classic account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac.
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Trulock has done exhaustive research; her prose is relaxed and revealing. (James Robertson, Richmond Times-Dispatch)
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Trulock's . . . account of the surrender of the Confederate Army is among the most moving this reviewer has read.
Journal of Southern History
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One can easily say that the definitive work on Joshua Chamberlain has now been done.
James Robertson, Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Trulock presents a definitive biography of this distinguished citizen and Union officer.
Publishers Weekly
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Trulock's biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is an example of history as it should be written.
Journal of Military History
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Deserve s] a place on every Civil War bookshelf.--
New York Times Book Review Trulock] brings her subject alive and escorts him through a brilliant career. One can easily say that the definitive work on Joshua Chamberlain has now been done.--James Robertson,
Richmond Times-DispatchAn example of history as it should be written. The author combines exhaustive research with an engaging prose style to produce a compelling narrative which will interest scholars and Civil War buffs alike.--
Journal of Military HistoryA solid biography. . . . It does full justice to an astonishing life.--
Library Journal This remarkable biography traces the life and times of Joshua L. Chamberlain, the professor-turned-soldier who led the Twentieth Maine Regiment to glory at Gettysburg, earned a battlefield promotion to brigadier general from Ulysses S. Grant at Petersburg, and was wounded six times during the course of the Civil War. Chosen to accept the formal Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Chamberlain endeared himself to succeeding generations with his unforgettable salutation of Robert E. Lee's vanquished army. After the war, he went on to serve four terms as governor of his home state of Maine and later became president of Bowdoin College. He wrote prolifically about the war, including
The Passing of the Armies, a classic account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac.
Synopsis
A biography of Civil War hero Joshua L. Chamberlain, the professor-turned-soldier who led the 20th Maine Regiment to glory at Gettysburg, earned a battlefield promotion to brigadier general from Ulysses S. Grant, and was chosen to accept the formal Confederate surrender at Appomattox. Chamberlain went on to serve four terms as governor of his home state of Maine and later became president of Bowdoin College.
Synopsis
Deserve[s] a place on every Civil War bookshelf.
New York Times Book Review One can easily say that the definitive work on Joshua Chamberlain has now been done.
James Robertson, Richmond Times-Dispatch Trulock's biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is an example of history as it should be written.
Journal of Military History Trulock's . . . account of the surrender of the Confederate Army is among the most moving this reviewer has read.
Journal of Southern History Trulock presents a definitive biography of this distinguished citizen and Union officer.
Publishers Weekly
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [533]-546) and index.
About the Author
The late Alice Rains Trulock was a retired personnel manager and politician in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Alan T. Nolan
Preface
Prologue. 1913
Chapter 1. The Union Forever, Hurrah Boys, Hurrah!
Chapter 2. What Manner of Men We Will Be
Chapter 3. The Twentieth Maine
Chapter 4. Death-Gardens, Haunted by Glorious Ghosts
Chapter 5. Gettysburg: To the Limits of the Soul's Ideal
Chapter 6. The Country Would Not Stand It, If They Knew
Chapter 7. In the Hands of Providence
Chapter 8. Soul of the Lion
Chapter 9. Forward to the Nation's Second Birth
Chapter 10. The Passing of the Armies
Chapter 11. And Other Songs in Other Keys
Epilogue. 1913 Revisited
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index