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20th Maine Regiment

The 20th Maine Regiment was mustered in at Augusta, Maine, for three years' service on August 29, 1862, and were mustered out on July 16, 1865. Of the 1,621 men enrolled in the regiment, 147 were killed or died of wounds, 146 died of disease, and 15 were in Confederate prisons.

They served in the following engagements:

  • Antietam, MD - September 17, 1862
  • Shepherdstown Ford, VA - September 19 - 20, 1862
  • Fredericksburg, VA - December 13, 1862
  • Chancellorsville, VA - May 1 - 4, 1863
  • Middleburg, VA - June 17, 1863
  • Gettysburg, PA - July 1 - 3, 1863
  • Sharpsburg Pike, MD - July 1863
  • Rappahannock Station, VA - November 7, 1863
  • Mine Run, VA - November 26 - December 1, 1863
  • Wilderness, VA - May 5 - 7, 1864
  • Spotsylvania, VA - May 7 - 20, 1864
  • North Anna, VA - May 23 - 27, 1864
  • Totopotomy, VA - May 26, - 30, 1864
  • Bethesda Church, VA - May 30 - June 1, 1864
  • Cold Harbor, VA - May 31 - June 12, 1864
  • Petersburg, VA - June 1864
  • Jerusalem Plank Road, VA - June 22 - 23, 1864
  • Weldon Railroad, VA - August 18 - 21, 1864
  • Peebles Farm, VA - September 30 - October 2, 1864
  • Hatchers Run, VA - December 8 - 9, 1864
  • Quaker Road, VA - March 29, 1865
  • Gravelly Run, VA - March 29, 1865
  • Five Forks, VA - March 30 - April 1, 1865
  • Appomattox, VA - March 29 - April 9, 1865

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914), is best known for his heroic participation in the Battle of Gettysburg. Lieutenant Colonel Chamberlain led his 20th Maine Infantry in a desperate bayonet charge down Little Round Top on July 2, 1863. Fearing Chamberlain to be near death from wounds at Petersburg in 1864, General Ulysses Grant gave him a field promotion to Brigadier General. Surviving against all odds, Chamberlain received the Confederate surrender at Appomatox Court House, Virginia, in April 1865. Chamberlain served four terms as Maine's governor and later as president of Bowdoin College.
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  • 1862-12-20 Chamberlain writes to Hodsdon regarding Litchfield commission by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

    1862-12-20 Chamberlain writes to Hodsdon regarding Litchfield commission

    Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

  • 1862-12-28 Colonel Adelbert Ames encloses list of casualties at Fredericksburg by Adelbert Ames

    1862-12-28 Colonel Adelbert Ames encloses list of casualties at Fredericksburg

    Adelbert Ames

  • 1862-12-28 John Marshall Brown forwards list of casualties at Fredericksburg by John Marshall Brown

    1862-12-28 John Marshall Brown forwards list of casualties at Fredericksburg

    John Marshall Brown

  • 1862-12-4 Mr. Simonton requests a promotion for his son Edward by P. Simonton

    1862-12-4 Mr. Simonton requests a promotion for his son Edward

    P. Simonton

  • 1862-6-29 Charles Strickland asks how many men to recruit in order to get his commission by Charles L. Strickland

    1862-6-29 Charles Strickland asks how many men to recruit in order to get his commission

    Charles L. Strickland

  • 1862-7-14 T.F. Andrews writes John Hodsdon regarding recruitments by Timothy F. Andrews

    1862-7-14 T.F. Andrews writes John Hodsdon regarding recruitments

    Timothy F. Andrews

  • 1863-01-02 Colonel Adelbert Ames recommends promotions to Governor Abner Coburn by Adelbert Ames

    1863-01-02 Colonel Adelbert Ames recommends promotions to Governor Abner Coburn

    Adelbert Ames

  • 1863-01-03 Mary Jane Whitney Gilmore requests payment from the State on behalf of her husband Charles by Mary Jane Gilmore

    1863-01-03 Mary Jane Whitney Gilmore requests payment from the State on behalf of her husband Charles

    Mary Jane Gilmore

  • 1863-01-05 Lee Strickland requests commission for son Charles from Governor Washburn by Lee Strickland

    1863-01-05 Lee Strickland requests commission for son Charles from Governor Washburn

    Lee Strickland

  • 1863-01-05 Lee Strickland writes General Hodsdon and requests commission for son Charles by Lee Strickland

    1863-01-05 Lee Strickland writes General Hodsdon and requests commission for son Charles

    Lee Strickland

  • 1863-01-13 George A. Frost recommends Dr. Nahum A. Hersom for assistant surgeon by George A. Frost

    1863-01-13 George A. Frost recommends Dr. Nahum A. Hersom for assistant surgeon

    George A. Frost

  • 1863-01-17 Captain Clark writes Adjutant General Hodsdon by A. W. Clark

    1863-01-17 Captain Clark writes Adjutant General Hodsdon

    A. W. Clark

  • 1863-01-17 George J. Knowlton recommends Daniel Stinson for promotion to Captain by George J. Knowlton

    1863-01-17 George J. Knowlton recommends Daniel Stinson for promotion to Captain

    George J. Knowlton

  • 1863-01-19 J.H. Goodenow recommends Lieutenant Stinson for promotion by J. H. Goodenow

    1863-01-19 J.H. Goodenow recommends Lieutenant Stinson for promotion

    J. H. Goodenow

  • 1863-01-29 Special Order #47 regarding honorable discharge of Lieutenant Frank S. Russell for disability by War Department

    1863-01-29 Special Order #47 regarding honorable discharge of Lieutenant Frank S. Russell for disability

    War Department

  • 1863-02-02 Colonel Adelbert Ames recommends Sergeant Chamberlain for promotion to 2nd Lieutenant by Adelbert Ames

    1863-02-02 Colonel Adelbert Ames recommends Sergeant Chamberlain for promotion to 2nd Lieutenant

    Adelbert Ames

  • 1863-02-05 Corporal Rufus Robertson requests a discharge from service by Rufus Robertson

    1863-02-05 Corporal Rufus Robertson requests a discharge from service

    Rufus Robertson

  • 1863-02-05 Line officers of the regiment write to exonerate Colonel Ames from complaints against him by Ellis Spear

    1863-02-05 Line officers of the regiment write to exonerate Colonel Ames from complaints against him

    Ellis Spear

  • 1863-02-06 J. Donnell requests bounty payment for Patrick Hickey of Portland by J. Donnell

    1863-02-06 J. Donnell requests bounty payment for Patrick Hickey of Portland

    J. Donnell

  • 1863-02-06 Special Order 60 regarding honorable discharge of Captain Lysander Hill by Lorenzo Thomas

    1863-02-06 Special Order 60 regarding honorable discharge of Captain Lysander Hill

    Lorenzo Thomas

  • 1863-02-07 Colonel Adelbert Ames recommends Captain Bangs for promotion as colonel by Adelbert Ames

    1863-02-07 Colonel Adelbert Ames recommends Captain Bangs for promotion as colonel

    Adelbert Ames

  • 1863-02-08 Captain Ellis Spear recommends Corporal Alden Miller for promotion by Ellis Spear

    1863-02-08 Captain Ellis Spear recommends Corporal Alden Miller for promotion

    Ellis Spear

  • 1863-02-08 Ellis Spear recommends Sergeant Warren Kendall for promotion by Ellis Spear

    1863-02-08 Ellis Spear recommends Sergeant Warren Kendall for promotion

    Ellis Spear

  • 1863-02-08 P.R. Hazeltine and others recommend Orderly Sergeant Russel H. White for promotion to 2nd Lieutenant by P. R. Hazeltine

    1863-02-08 P.R. Hazeltine and others recommend Orderly Sergeant Russel H. White for promotion to 2nd Lieutenant

    P. R. Hazeltine

  • 1863-02-09 5th Sergeant Warren L. Kendall requests commission in the USCT by Warren L. Kendall

    1863-02-09 5th Sergeant Warren L. Kendall requests commission in the USCT

    Warren L. Kendall

 

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