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Excellent audiobook was used following our trip to Gettysburg. Very educational and engaging.


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The Twentieth Maine A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War John J Pullen 9780786190621 Books Reviews

This is one of the best regimental histories written about a Civil War outfit on either side. It is also a story of high valor and drama, of lost youth and heavy, heartbreaking losses. It is also the story of the maturing of a good man, Joshua Chamberlain, into a good soldier who does more than his assigned duty and ends the war with a general's stars, and more than one wound.
The regiment doesn't start with promise, however, and its first commander, Colonel Adelbert Ames, a hardened regular, is somewhat dismayed at his new command. However, hard work and professionalism pay off, and the 20th Maine does evolve into 'a hell of a regiment.'
The payoff is at Gettysburg on the second day on the far left flank of the Army of the Potomac on a wooded hill known locally as Little Round Top. Now commanded by the Lieutenant Colonel, Joshua Chamberlain (Ames being deservedly promoted to Brigadier General and brigade command), the regiment becomes the focus of the southern effort to capture Little Round Top and flank the Union Army. If one man could lose the war in the afternoon, it was Chamberlain and his homespun regiment from Maine.
They rise to the challenge, at heavy loss to themselves, execute a bayonet charge down the hill after running out of ammunition, sweeping up 400 prisoners and saving the Union left flank. It is the stuff legends are made of.
This is only one episode in this superb volume, and this book belongs in every Civil War collection. It is written with wit, verve, and accuracy, and it stirs the soul that our country was fought for and saved by men such as these.
John J. Pullen is to be commended for writing a masterful and interesting account of the famed 20th Maine led by Colonel (later Maj. General) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. From the founding of the regiment made up of fishermen, lumberjack and regular men of various towns in Maine, Pullen describes the unorganization and various other problems the regiment encountered when it was first formed.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was made Lt. Colonel when he first arrived to join the regiment and soon afterwards the regiment was becoming disciplined and effective, also under the command of Col (later Gen) Aldebert Ames.
From the first battles the unit fought in to the carnage of Fredericksburg and thus to Chancellorsville and finally to the 2nd of July 1863, Pullen describes vividly the heroic stance the 20th Maine made against the brave attack of the 15 Alabama and 4th and 5th Texas under Col. William Oates. The suprizing bayonet charge by the 20th Maine, when all seemed lost was a daring and bold moved that quite possibly saved the Union line and thus ultimately won the Battle of Gettysburg. The heroic regiment also fought bravely for the rest of the war especially at Petersburg where Gen. Chamberlain was seriously wounded.
Pullen does an outstanding job describing the everyday life of the regiment and describing various soldiers and the routine that made life away from home very tough to bear, however this regiment is to be commended for their commitment to the Union, to the state of Maine and to their families most of all.
This book is HIGHLY recommended to all Civil War Readers and once you start reading it, it will be hard to put down.
John J. Pullen's superb regimental history, "The Twentieth Maine", has stood the test of time. First published in 1957, and since reprinted at least twice, it is a remarkably readable narrative of the adventures of a volunteer infantry regiment in the Civil War.

Pullen's history follows the regiment from its formation in the summer of 1862 through the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg; the siege of Petersburg; and finally, the surrender ceremony at Appomattox. The 20th Maine is best known for its pivotal stand at Little Round Top on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, where a desperate bayonet charge saved the Union line and perhaps the Union Army.

The 20th Maine's most famous regimental commander was pre-war college professor Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who went on to post-war prominence as an educator and as governor of the State of Maine. His leadership at Gettysburg is known to more recent audiences from Michael Shaara's novel "The Killer Angels", and from the superlative Ken Burns documentary "The Civil War." Chamberlein is however only one of many heroes to inhabit Pullen's narrative, closely documented from official archives, letters and personal histories of the war.

"The Twentieth Maine" is very highly recommended as an exemplar of the regimental history genre, and as a superb read for students of the Civil War.
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Cant wait to read. Will have a better review after i read it
Excellent audiobook was used following our trip to Gettysburg. Very educational and engaging.