Clip Description:
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. |
