THE GRAND OLD MAN OF MAINE Selected Letters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Best known as the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg and the commanding officer of the troops who accepted the Confederates' surrender at Appomattox, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) has become one of the most famous and most studied figures of Civil War history. After the war, he went on to serve as governor of Maine and president of Bowdoin College. This book offers an important resource for understanding Chamberlain's later years and his place in chronicling the war.