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In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War

In the Hands of Providence This biography traces the life and times of Joshua L. Chamberlain, the professor-turned-soldier who led the Twentieth Maine Regiment to glory at Gettysburg, earned a battlefield promotion to brigadier general from Ulysses S. Grant at Petersburg, and was wounded six times in the Civil War.

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