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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914.
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Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914. |
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United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865)
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United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865) |
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United States. Army -- Biography.
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United States. Army. |
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Biographies.
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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Siege of Petersburg (Petersburg, Virginia : 1864-1865) |
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Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Siege, 1864-1865.
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Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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Generals -- United States -- Biography.
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Generals. |
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United States. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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1861-1865 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Rasbach, Dennis A. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the Petersburg Campaign. California : Savas Beatie, 2016 9781611213065 (DLC) 2016030719 (OCoLC)953738456 |
| ISBN |
9781611213072 (electronic book) |
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161121307X (electronic book) |
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9781611213065 |
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1611213061 |
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