Joshua Chamberlain at Petersburg

The Union colonel’s own clouded hindsight has led to confusion about his 1864 heroics. June 18, 1864 was not a good day for the Army of the Potomac. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant had ordered another series of assaults against the Confederate lines at Petersburg, Va., hoping to capture the city before General Robert E. …

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