Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant · Character
Joshua L. Chamberlain
Union colonel who defended Little Round Top at Gettysburg.
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Also known as Chamberlain, Colonel J. L. Chamberlain
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Joshua L. Chamberlain shows up with force in Left Flank Movement Across the Chickahominy and James—General Lee—Visit to Butler—The Movement on Petersburg—The Investment of Petersburg. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Wounded on June 18 while leading his brigade; Grant promotes him on the spot to brigadier-general.
Joshua L. Chamberlain first appears in 0003 i.
In Left Flank Movement Across the Chickahominy and James—General Lee—Visit to Butler—The Movement on Petersburg—The Investment of Petersburg: Wounded on June 18 while leading his brigade; Grant promotes him on the spot to brigadier-general.
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