Selasa, 18 April 2017

A Broken Bond? The Little Round Top Feud Between Joshua Chamberlain and Ellis Spear

he 20th Maine’s epic stand and bayonet charge at Little Round Top on July 2, 1863, secured that regiment’s place in military history. During the second day of fighting at Gettysburg, commanders Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and Major Ellis Spear—already good friends from before the war—further forged a seemingly unbreakable bond in helping the Pine Tree …

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