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	20th ME, Co.G: Unit History
		He left this record of what he saw, "the 20th Maine coming across the field in line of battle, as if upon parade, was easily recognized by their new state colors, the great gaps plainly visible as the shot and shell tore through the now tremulous line.
		The 20th Maine Infantry was the designated regiment to hold the extreme left flank of the Union battle line late in the afternoon of July 2, 1863.
		The 20th Maine continued in its dedicated service to the nation by engaging in all the major battles that were to confront the Army of the Potomac in 1864 and 1865, up to and including the final surrender of General Robert E. Lee's brave Army of Northern Virginia.
	users.lmi.net /mcm20me/20th_Maine/CompG/history.htm (6187 words)

	The Fifth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry
		The Fifth Maine Regiment Volunteer Infantry is composed of a group of dedicated individuals who are committed to reenacting events which occurred at the time of the American Civil War by portraying members of the original Fifth Maine Infantry.
		Maine Regiment, was the first Portland man killed in the war.
		The Fifth Maine Regiment fought with the 6
	home.maine.rr.com /fifthmaine (738 words)

	20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a combat unit of the United States Army during the American Civil War, most famous for its defense of Little Round Top at the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
		The 20th Maine was organized in the state of Maine on August 20, 1862, with Colonel Adelbert Ames as its commander.
		The 20th Maine marched from Appomattox, Virginia, on May 2, reaching Washington, D.C. on May 12, where it was mustered out of service on July 16, 1865.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/20th_Maine_Volunteer_Infantry_Regiment (473 words)

	Lt. Col. Charles W. Abbott - Allen Infantry, 25th PA Infantry Regiment, 47th PA Volunteer Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Hastily forming, the regiment marched at double-quick three miles in the direction of the sound, when ambulances were met bearing their mangled freight, and it was ascertained, that through mistake, the Sixty-ninth and Seventy-first Pennsylvania regiments had fired upon each other.
		On the 17th of October, the regiment proceeded on a reconnaissance to Strasburg, and on the 19th, participated in the battle of Cedar Creek.
		The regiment participated in a number of reconnaissances and skirmishes during the winter The command was ordered to proceed up the valley to: intercept the enemies troops, should any succeed in making their escape in that direction.
	www.enter.net /~rocketeer/cwabbott.html (4615 words)

	Colonel Joshua Chamberlain & the 20th Maine at Gettysburg
		Colonel Joshua Chamberlain & the 20th Maine at Gettysburg
		The 20th Maine Infantry was held in reserve during the Battle of Antietam on September 17, though Chamberlain witnessed first-hand the horrors of the battlefield and its aftermath.
		The charge of the 20th Maine Infantry was the climax of the fighting in front of Vincent's brigade and contributed greatly to the Union victory at Little Round Top.
	www.nps.gov /gett/getttour/sidebar/chambln.htm (1843 words)

	Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914)
		He fought with the regiment at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Antietam, and at the Battle of Chancellorsville, where he was promoted to colonel of the regiment upon the promotion of its first colonel, Adelbert Ames.
		Sent to defend the hill by Col. Strong Vincent, Chamberlain found himself and the 20th Maine at the far left end of the Union line, with the 83rd Pennsylvania, 44th New York, and 16th Michigan infantry regiments to their right.
		The 20th Maine charged down the hill, using an unusual tactical maneuver of having the extreme left wing wheel continually to make the charging line swing like a hinge thus creating a simultaneous frontal assault and flanking maneuver, capturing many of the Confederate soldiers and successfully saving the flank.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/chamberlain.html (1172 words)

	Maine Army National Guard
		At Gettysburg, the 20th Maine was commanded by Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain, a former professor at Maine's Bowdoin College.
		The 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment was federalized for the Mexican Border in 1916 and served as a security force in places such as Loredo and Zapata Texas.
		In 1961, the Maine Army National Guard's 2d Battalion, 20th Armor, was mobilized for the Berlin Crisis and served most of their duty tour of 8 months at Fort Campbell, KY and Ft. Stewart, GA. Their service was critical in that it released U. Army units from the Continental United States for duty in Europe.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/arng-me.htm (1571 words)

	Companies D and F of the Thirteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry at Ship Island, Mississippi, March 1862 - ...
		After about May 20th, when this was all devolved upon the Thirteenth by the departure of the last of the other regiments, each man on duty had to be on guard every other day.
		Nothing of any special importance had happened to them; but, owing to the long absence of the steamer, they were afraid that the main body had been captured, and were just preparing to start for the is land in their boats when the steamer came in sight.
		April 6th, seven regiments of infantry and two batteries of artillery were put on board of transports for the same destination; but, as Commodore Farragut sent word that he was having much difficulty in getting his larger vessels over the bar, they landed again.
	www.datasync.com /~bouchard/civilwar/cosdf13me.html (4972 words)

	About Company B, 20th Maine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The original Company B was mustered into the 20th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, in August 1862, in time to march to Antietam with the Fifth Corps, Army of the Potomac.
		Company B was with the 20th in all its battles, from the Wilderness to Petersburg to Appomattox.
		The first major national event attended by a contingent from the 20th was the 125th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1988.
	endued.tripod.com /20thmecob/About.htm (720 words)

	Adelbert Ames Summary
		He returned to Maine and politicked to receive a commission as a regimental commander of infantry and was assigned to command the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment on August 20 1862.
		The 20th Maine fought in the Maryland Campaign, but saw little action at the Battle of Antietam while in a reserve capacity.
		He assumed brigade command in the XI Corps of the Army of the Potomac, relinquishing his command of the 20th Maine to Joshua L. Chamberlain, who would soon lead the regiment to fame in the Battle of Gettysburg.
	www.bookrags.com /Adelbert_Ames (2214 words)

	Our Lineage
		Maine Volunteers (organized 30 September 1863) and consolidated unit designated as the 29th Infantry Regiment, Maine Volunteers.
		Constituted 7 August 1862 in the Maine Volunteer Militia as the 20th Infantry Regiment.
		Regiment (less 2d and 3d Battalions) reorganized and redesignated 7 October 1944 as the 185th Coast Artillery Battalion; 2d Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 186th Coast Artillery Battalion and 3d Battalion disbanded.
	www.me.ngb.army.mil /grizzly/our_lineage.htm (1030 words)

	The Twentieth Maine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Assigned to the Army of the Potomac, the regiment fought in the Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville campaigns.
		At Gettysburg, the 20th was commanded by Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain, a former professor at Marine's Bowdoin College.
		The 20th Maine held off six attacks by the determined Alabama men, but Colonel Chamberlain knew that his regiment, low on ammunition, could not withstand a seventh.
	www.me.ngb.army.mil /Grizzly/twentieth_maine.htm (405 words)

	20th Maine, Chamberlain & Little Roundtop: Shamrock Hill Books
		One of the most famous regiments to serve in the Union Army during the American Civil War was the 20th Maine.
		Although there are brief, scattered accounts written by other veterans pertaining to various aspects of the regiment's history, this remains the only full-length book purposely published by a 20th Main veteran.
		The regiment was the first to arrive for the defense of Little Round Top and their action prevented the Confederates from capturing the position.
	users.aol.com /historybks/Catalog/Military/lround.htm (633 words)

	20th Maine, Company G
		A rare photo of the 20th Maine, company G. Pictured here, company G is at a little more than a third of its full strength.
		Throughout the rest of this American struggle, the 20th Maine fought in many of the bloodiest engagements of the hard-fighting Army of the Potomac.
		At the final conclusion of the Civil War, at Appomattox, the 20th Maine was designated as one of the regiments to receive the surrender of Lee's defeated Army of Northern Virginia.
	users.lmi.net /mcm20me/20th_Maine/CompG/20thMECOG.htm (674 words)

	COLONEL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He was educated at the military academy in Ellsworth, Maine and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1852 and Bangor Theological Seminary in 1855.
		Chamberlain was named lieutenant colonel of the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment in August 1862, and he fought in twenty-four battles.
		He was the colonel of the 20th Maine Regiment, with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division of the 5th Corps.
	www.falmr.org /chmbrln.htm (193 words)

	Coy F, 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment Historical Re-enactment Group
		The 20th Maine was formed on the 29th August 1862 by Colonel Adelbert Ames, at Camp Mason, near Portland, Maine.
		Primarily from the farms in the central part of the state near Bangor, F company was under the command of Capt Samuel Keene.
		Federal Line, the 20th Maine, part of the 3rd brigade of the 5th Corps under Col Strong Vincent, were repeatedly attacked in force.
	hometown.aol.co.uk /stew1863/20thMaine.html (511 words)

	The Lost Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The series is based around a Union Army regiment from the American Civil War which is transported to an alien world by unknown means.
		The men of the regiment attempt to use their relatively advanced technology to defeat the aliens and modernize the human societies.
		The 35th Maine is a fictional volunteer regiment during the American Civil War in William Forstchen's The Lost Regiment series.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Lost_Regiment (470 words)

	Chamberlain Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born Sept. 8, 1828, in Brewer, Maine, the eldest of five children.
		He was soon made lieutenant colonel of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
		Always a chivalrous man, Chamberlain had his men salute the defeated Confederates as they marched by, evidence of his admiration of their valor and of Grant's wish to encourage the rebel armies still in the field to accept the peace.
	www.curtislibrary.com /pejepscot/joshbiog.htm (1095 words)

	Spear
		Born in Warren Maine in 1834, Ellis Spear graduated from Bowdoin College in 1858 and was studing for the bar and teaching school in Wiscasset Maine at the outbreak of the Civil War.
		Maine Regiment and designated Company G. Spear, now commissioned a Capt., served as the commanding officer of Co. G.
		Maine Association and designed the monument to the regiment at Gettysburg.
	www.cmc.net /~tstarr/cw/Spear.html (524 words)

	A Civil War Journal
		The attitude 1st Minnesota Regiment soldiers had toward Pennsylvanians was not similar to the historian's consensus interpretation.
		The 1st Minnesota was one of the outstanding regiments of the Civil War.
		For example, July 2 focuses on the famous First Regiment charge which occurred at dusk on that day and was one of the major contributions to the Union victory.
	www2.smumn.edu /deptpages/~history/civil_war/index.htm (1040 words)

	Company E, 44th New York Infantry Regiment
		The regiment was named the People's Ellsworth Regt., or the more popular title of Ellsworth's Avengers.
		But it's most important battle was at Gettysburg, defending Little Round Top, along with the 20th Maine, 83d Penn., and 16th Michigan.
		The regiment participated in General Grant's 1864 campaign, including the battles of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, and Cold Harbor.
	www.forttejon.org /ny44 (542 words)

	James River Publications - Maine Regiments - mosocco.com/jreb/civilwar.htm
		The 2nd Maine Infantry was a conglomeration of lumberjacks, boat builders, mill men, mariners--men who were used to working hard.
		One of the most famous regiments to serve the Federal cause during the Civil War was the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry.
		The 28th Maine had two companies at the fort and actually succeeded in defending the fort against an attack of almost 4 times their number of the Texas Cavalry.
	www.mosocco.com /maine.html (7986 words)

	The American Civil War and The Battle of Gettysburg: The 1st Minnesota
		Reserves had been sent for, but were too far away to hope to reach the critical position until it should be occupied by the enemy, unless that enemy were stopped.
		And every man saw and accepted the necessity for the sacrifice; and in a moment, responding to Colvill's rapid orders, the regiment, in perfect line, with arms, at "right shoulder, shift," was sweeping down the slope directly upon the enemy's centre.
		The regiment had stopped the enemy, held back its mighty force, and saved the position, and probably that battle-field.
	www.brotherswar.com /Gettysburg-2k.htm (571 words)

	44th New York Infantry Regiment & Colonel E. Elmer Ellsworth
		The men selected for the regiment arrived in Albany from the four corners of New York State on August 8, 1861, and the regiment was quickly formed.
		The regiment joined the Army of the Potomac in late October 1861 in Virginia, and settled into camp with the assistance of the 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, beginning a relationship that would keep these two regiments together throughout the war.
		The Union troops barely beat the Rebels to the summit, with the 20th Maine holding the left, the 16th Michigan on the right, and the 44th New York and the 83rd Pennsylvania in the center and as usual standing together.
	longislandgenealogy.com /elllsworth.html (1435 words)

	Two Right Arms
		The paper was a veritible gold mine of stories and letters from Civil War veterans at the end of the 19th century, largely due to Samuel Miller, its owner and a veteran of the 20th Maine, Company E who served as the historian of the 20th Maine Regimental Association.
		If other regiments had followed them beyond the crater perhaps the battlefield could have been redeemed, but this was not to be the case.
		He was not alone; Dr Billings and the surgeons from two regiments "undertook the task of sawing parts off soldiers bodies until piles of amputated limbs reached higher than the fence outside the house." (Desjardin, 88-9) Under the hot July sun the smell alone became unbearable.
	imaginemaine.com /mainestories/tworightarms.html (7366 words)

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