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Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-21 10:23 am|| || Front Page|| [12 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Chamberlain was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Little Round Top. He is best portrayed, imo, in Michael Shaara's superb novel of Gettysburg, Killer Angels. Alice Trulocks's bio of him, In the Hands of Providence, is also excellent.

Posted by Seger 2003-05-21 10:45:28|| 2003-05-21 10:45:28|| Front Page Top

#2 More off topic, but what about that terrible prequil, 'Gods and Generals' and the even worse movie. I wish they remade that and really covered Chancellorville. That was a generals story!

Posted by Lucky 2003-05-21 11:38:47|| 2003-05-21 11:38:47|| Front Page Top

#3 I was so disgusted with "Gods and Generals" (AKA "Thus Spoke Stonewall") I didn't even stay to watch the whole thing. I'll rent it when it's on DVD and skip Stonewall's diatribes to get to the good stuff. And I don't mean just the battles--I mean anything except Ted Turner's justifications-by-proxy.

Can't beat the books by Michael and son, tho'!

Posted by Dar 2003-05-21 11:58:45|| 2003-05-21 11:58:45|| Front Page Top

#4 I seem to remember reading that Chamberlain received a second CMoH later in the war - could be a senior moment tho.....

Posted by luigi 2003-05-21 17:30:20|| 2003-05-21 17:30:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain AKA "The Lion Of The Union". It's a pity that people in the North don't pay the regard to the corageous men of the Civil War as our brother in the South do.

Posted by Someone who did NOT vote for William Proxmire 2003-05-21 17:50:38|| 2003-05-21 17:50:38|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought"Gods and Generals"was a petty good book,not great,but good.It is a novel not a history text.

Posted by Raptor 2003-05-22 07:37:49|| 2003-05-22 07:37:49|| Front Page Top

#7 "Attack & Defense of Little Round Top" is part of the syllabus for many military theory courses; I first read it at Naval War College.

There is a touching biography covering his personal life called "Fanny & Joshua" but I can't remember the author.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-05-22 15:50:30|| 2003-05-22 15:50:30|| Front Page Top

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