Brilliant regimental maneuvering by Chamberlain and a brave charge by his outnumbered men prevented the Confederates from outflanking the northern troops and changed the tide of the war. Chamberlain and the 20th Maine are also remembered for their role at Appomattox Court House, where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered. At the time of surrender, two of Lee's flags of truce came into Chamberlain's lines, and Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant gave the man from Maine the honor of accepting the Confederate surrender. Cities and Industry Certain areas in Maine saw greater growth than others, and by the 1830s population centers were large enough to be chartered as cities. Saco in 1867 and South Portland in 1895.
Cities usually grow where there is industry, and from industry develops infrastructure.
Among the more famous industries that helped shape Maine were timber, shipbuilding, paper and the textile mills of Biddeford and Saco, Lewiston, Augusta and Waterville. Bath Iron Works Bath Iron Works was founded on the banks of the Kennebec River in the late 1860s as the Bath Iron Foundry by a local boy turned war hero, Thomas Worcester Hyde. Within a few years of establishing his business, Hyde invented and patented the famous Hyde windlass, which became standard equipment for raising anchors on ships. He soon had 25 men on his payroll making brass and iron castings for the shipping industry. The company continued to grow, expanding to include the former Goss Marine Iron Works on the Kennebec and winning large military contracts.