In August of 1862, a new regiment of volunteers was being formed in Maine--the 20th Regiment. Their colonel was a West Point graduate named Adelbert Ames, already hardened by battle. Their lieutenant colonel was a little-known theology professor names Joshua Chamberlain. Using period photographs, prints, music, and personal accounts, this video takes us through the Civil War with the 20th Maine and Joshua Chamberlain--though Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Petersburg to Appomattox, where Chamberlain was chosen to represent the armies of the Potomac at the surrender.
55 minutes