Around 4:00 p.m., Union positions north and west of Gettysburg broke. Federal troops retreated through town to Cemetery Hill and Culp’s Hill, forming a fishhook-shaped line along Cemetery Ridge.

Maine’s history is a rich blend of Indigenous heritage, colonial conflict, maritime industry, and cultural resilience. Once ...

LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 2ND, 1863, IN GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, OUT OF AMMUNITION, UNDER ATTACK IN ORDER TO DEFEND A VITAL UNION HILLTOP, COLONEL JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN HAD HIS 20TH MAINE ...

On Sunday morning, April 9, 1865, brevetted Major General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain stood in command ... such as Chancellorsville, Antietam, Gettysburg, Petersburg and Appomattox.

It’s a disgrace to the office once held by Union hero Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Maine governors rarely make national news. With the exceptions of Paul LePage (thanks to his notoriously big ...

At Gettysburg in July 1863, Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain determined that Little Round Top was a hill worth dying on. He had no choice. He was ordered to hold Little Round Top because it was ...

A family is honoring the life of their 10-year-old son by giving back to the hospital that helped him during his stay. The Peck family lost Joshua to bacterial meningitis in December 2022.

Gettysburg from its strategic planning to its three-day execution. As Confederate General Robert E. Lee (Martin Sheen) leads his soldiers into Pennsylvania, Union Colonel Joshua Chamberlain (Jeff ...

Two incidents of vandalism have reportedly taken place at Gettysburg National Park ... Medal of Honor recipient Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain led his men on a bayonet charge down Little Round ...