Title Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign : his supposed charge from Fort Hell, his near-mortal wounding, and a Civil War myth reconsidered / by Dennis A. Rasbach.

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California : Savas Beatie, 2016.

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Contents	Foreword; Preface; Dramatis Personae; Introduction; Chapter 1: Smoke, Clouds, and Confusion: The Pitfalls of Embellishing Clouded Hindsight; Chapter 2: History Sometimes Repeats Itself: And Historians Often Repeat Each Other; Chapter 3: Chamberlain's "Charge at Fort Hell": Orders and Objectives; Chapter 4: Objective One: "Look Out for These Batteries Here"; Chapter 5: Objective Two: "Those Batteries Out There Must be Dislodged"; Chapter 6: Objective Three: "Attack and Carry the Works in Your Front"; Chapter 7: Where Were the Guns? Chamberlain's Artillery Support.
	Chapter 8: Facts Matter: Major Roebling's RuleChapter 9: A Twist of Irony: Sweitzer's Position Holds the Key; Chapter 10: The Confederate View: Bushrod Johnson Speaks; Chapter 11: Silent Confederate Witnesses: Joseph Kershaw and Charles Field; Chapter 12: Where Were They Deployed? The Location of Cutler and Ayres; Chapter 13: More Evidence: The Role of Burnside's IX Corps; Chapter 14: Memories Contradicted: Twitchell's 7th Maine Battery; Chapter 15: Understanding the Battlefield: The Terrain Never Lies; Chapter 16: Objections Considered: Was it Fort Mahone?
	Chapter 17: Summary: The June 18 Evidence Speaks for ItselfChapter 18: Even Heroes Make Mistakes: Smoke, Clouds, and Confusion; Chapter 19: For Posterity's Sake: Setting the Record Straight; Postscript: Walking Into History: My Journey to Petersburg; Afterword; Appendix 1: Orders of Battle, June 18, 1864; Appendix 2: Chamberlain's Wound; Appendix 3: Maps and Chamberlain's Story at Petersburg; Bibliography; Index.
Subject	Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914.
	United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865)
	United States. Army -- Biography.
	Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. (OCoLC)fst00032472
	United States. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533532
	United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865) (OCoLC)fst00670699
	American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
	Siege of Petersburg (Virginia : 1864-1865) (OCoLC)fst01354895
	Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865.
	Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
	Generals -- United States -- Biography.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
	HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
	Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
	Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Virginia. (OCoLC)fst01204597
	Virginia -- Petersburg. (OCoLC)fst01209840
Chronological Term	1861-1865
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Rasbach, Dennis A. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign. California : Savas Beatie, 2016 9781611213065 (DLC) 2016030719 (OCoLC)953738456
ISBN	9781611213072 (electronic bk.)
	161121307X (electronic bk.)

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