Joshua L. Chamberlain and the battle of Gettysburg

What comes to your mind when you think of the Battle of Gettysburg? Maybe you think of Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address, Picket’s Charge, or all of the casualties from the three days of fighting. Many times we don’t think about all the people who risked their lives to protect our land, because we concentrate on the things that are familiar to us. For instance, how many people really know what role Joshua L. Chamberlain played in the Battle of Gettysburg? Chamberlain had a very important part in the second day of battle, and he definitely shouldn’t be overlooked.

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born on September 8, 1828 in Brewer, Maine. Brewer was a small community which was known for farming and ship building. During Chamberlain’s youth, he spent a lot of his time working on his father’s one hundred acre farm and teaching school. He didn’t have much education before he entered college, except for a short time at Whitings Military and Classical Academy in Ellsworth, ME. He entered Bowdoin College in 1848 and took a special interest in language. He taught himself Greek in order to be accepted there, and he later became fluent in seven different languages.

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