“Presenting the Medal of Honor to Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 2 July 1863, while serving with 20th Maine Infantry, in action at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for daring heroism and great tenacity in holding his position on the Little Round Top against repeated assaults.” — Medal of Honor citation, 1893.

“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving.” — General Ulysses S. Grant.

Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, age 34, a former college professor of rhetoric and oratory from Brewer, Maine, joined the 20th Maine Infantry Regiment as a lieutenant colonel in August 1862, and fought with them at the Battle of Fredericksburg, V

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