The Grand Old Man of Maine
Subtitle: Selected Letters of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1865-1914 (Civil War America)
Contributors: James M. McPherson (Foreword); Jeremiah E. Goulka (Editor)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 9, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780807828649
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: general; Political; History; College presidents; United States; United States - State & Local - General; Biography / Autobiography; Maine; Biography & Autobiography; Governors; Biography/Autobiography; United States - Civil War; USA; Correspondence; Educators; Military; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain; 1865-1914; postwar letters; Governor of Maine (1867-1870); Bowdoin College; Civil War; Gettysburg; Appomattox; Little Round Top; History - General History; Personal Memoirs; 1828-1914; Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence,; Generals
First sentence: With war's end, northern veterans slowly returned to their homes, where a long readjustment awaited them.