My Account

NC Cardinal is currently undergoing maintenance that will impact search results. This may cause incomplete search results in the catalog until the process has completed

In the hands of Providence : Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War Cover Image

In the hands of Providence : Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War / by Alice Rains Trulock.

Trulock, Alice Rains. (Author).

Summary:

Presents a comprehensive biography of Civil War General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain who commanded the Twentieth Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment and traces his life and career that included campaigns at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and his brilliant charge on Little Round Top at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863.

Record details

ISBN: 0807820202
Physical Description: xxii, 569 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [1992]
Copyright: ©1992

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-546) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / Alan T. Nolan -- Preface -- Prologue : 1913 -- The Union forever, hurrah boys, hurrah! -- What manner of men we will be -- The Twentieth Maine -- Death-gardens, haunted by glorious ghosts -- Gettysburg : to the limits of the soul's ideal -- The country would not stand it, if they knew -- In the hands of Providence -- Soul of the lion -- Forward to the nation's second birth -- The passing of the armies -- And other songs in other keys -- Epilogue : 1913 revisited.
Target Audience Note:	1500L Lexile