Maine Roads to Gettysburg: How Joshua Chamberlain, Oliver Howard, and 4,000 Men from the Pine Tree State Helped Win the Civil War's Bloodiest Battle

by Tom Huntington

Overview

Everyone knows about Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and his 20th Maine Regiment, but there’s much more to the story of Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg.  Soldiers from Maine made their presence felt all over the battlefield during three days of fighting in July 1863.  There’s Oliver Otis Howard, corps commander who helped secure high ground for the Union on the first day.  There’s Adelbert Ames, who drilled the 20th Maine—including Chamberlain himself—into a fighting regiment and then commanded a brigade at Gettysburg.  The 17th Maine fought ably in the confused and bloody fighting in the Wheatfield on the second day, the 19th Maine helped defeat Pickett’s Charge, and of course Chamberlain’s men made their legendary stand at Little Round Top. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811718400
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	05/01/2018
Pages:	432
Sales rank:	1,050,545
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Tom Huntington is the author of Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg, as well as Guide to Gettysburg Battlefield Monuments, Pennsylvania Civil War Trails, and Ben Franklin’s Philadelphia. He is also the former editor of American History and Historic Traveler magazines, and his writing has appeared in many publications, including Smithsonian, Air & Space, American Heritage, British Heritage, and Yankee. He was born and bred in Augusta, Maine, but now lives in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, not far from Gettysburg.

Table of Contents

List of Maps ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Joshua Chamberlain Returns to Gettysburg xv

Chapter 1 Maine Goes to War 1

Chapter 2 Maine Spills Blood 20

Chapter 3 McClellan Makes His Move 41

Chapter 4 Howard Loses His Arm 58

Chapter 5 Ames Gets a Regiment 78

Chapter 6 The 7th Maine Makes a Charge 96

Chapter 7 The 19th Maine Smells Powder 111

Chapter 8 Hooker Takes Command 138

Chapter 9 Howard Gets Flanked 154

Chapter 10 The Army Moves North 180

Chapter 11 The 16th Maine Gets Sacrificed 206

Chapter 12 The 17th Maine Finds a Wall 233

Chapter 13 The 20th Maine Holds the Left 261

Chapter 14 The Army of the Potomac Triumphs 288

Chapter 15 Aftermath 312

Notes 337

Bibliography 359

Index 371

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Searching for George Gordon Meade “An engrossing narrative that the reader can scarcely put down.”  —Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson “Unique and irresistible.”  —Lincoln Prize-winning historian Harold Holzer

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