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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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  • 1864-04-16 Edward Faunce requests help for his family by Edward Faunce

    1864-04-16 Edward Faunce requests help for his family

    Edward Faunce

  • 1864-04-16 Samuel Keene and other officers request Reverend A.C. Godfrey be commissioned as chaplain by Samuel Keene

    1864-04-16 Samuel Keene and other officers request Reverend A.C. Godfrey be commissioned as chaplain

    Samuel Keene

  • 1864-04-25 Chamberlain endorses A.G. Godfrey for Chaplain by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

    1864-04-25 Chamberlain endorses A.G. Godfrey for Chaplain

    Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

  • 1864-04-27 Job Lord and town officials of Winterport and Frankfort recommend the promotion of Albert E. Fernald to lieutenant by Job Lord

    1864-04-27 Job Lord and town officials of Winterport and Frankfort recommend the promotion of Albert E. Fernald to lieutenant

    Job Lord

  • 1864-05-10 Special Order 173 relieving Colonel Joshua Chamberlain of court martial duty by War Department

    1864-05-10 Special Order 173 relieving Colonel Joshua Chamberlain of court martial duty

    War Department

  • 1864-05-18 Chamberlain recommends promotions and describes Spotsylvania battlefield by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

    1864-05-18 Chamberlain recommends promotions and describes Spotsylvania battlefield

    Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

  • 1864-05-21 Special Order 183 transferring Private F. H. Emery from 21st Veterans' Reserve Corps to Company A, 20th Maine by War Department

    1864-05-21 Special Order 183 transferring Private F. H. Emery from 21st Veterans' Reserve Corps to Company A, 20th Maine

    War Department

  • 1864-05 Certification of Alfred Godfrey as an ordained minister by C. G. Robbins

    1864-05 Certification of Alfred Godfrey as an ordained minister

    C. G. Robbins

  • 1864-06-02 Special Order 194 regarding complaints of improper enlistments by War Department

    1864-06-02 Special Order 194 regarding complaints of improper enlistments

    War Department

  • 1864-06-04 Quartermaster George H. Miller requests information about his term of service by George H. Miller

    1864-06-04 Quartermaster George H. Miller requests information about his term of service

    George H. Miller

  • 1864-06-19 Isaac Reed requests that Leander Mank, wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, be transferred to hospital at Augusta by Isaac Reed

    1864-06-19 Isaac Reed requests that Leander Mank, wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, be transferred to hospital at Augusta

    Isaac Reed

  • 1864-06-20 John Connell requests information about his enlistment by John Connell

    1864-06-20 John Connell requests information about his enlistment

    John Connell

  • 1864-06-22 Major Ellis Spear recommends promotions in Companies E and K by Ellis Spear

    1864-06-22 Major Ellis Spear recommends promotions in Companies E and K

    Ellis Spear

  • 1864-06-25 Special Order 219 discharging Corporal Augustus N. Lifkin by War Department

    1864-06-25 Special Order 219 discharging Corporal Augustus N. Lifkin

    War Department

  • 1864-06-28 Special Order 221 correcting the name of Corporal Augustus N. Lufkin by War Department

    1864-06-28 Special Order 221 correcting the name of Corporal Augustus N. Lufkin

    War Department

  • 1864-06-29 Dr. John Benson inquires about the condition of Private Orrin C. Stedman by John Benson

    1864-06-29 Dr. John Benson inquires about the condition of Private Orrin C. Stedman

    John Benson

  • 1864-07-05 Joseph Fitch recommends Sergeant Joseph Walker, Jr. for promotion to Lieutenant by Joseph B. Fitch

    1864-07-05 Joseph Fitch recommends Sergeant Joseph Walker, Jr. for promotion to Lieutenant

    Joseph B. Fitch

  • 1864-07-05 Lieutenant Colonel Charles D. Gilmore describes Chamberlain's wounding at Petersburg by Charles D. Gilmore

    1864-07-05 Lieutenant Colonel Charles D. Gilmore describes Chamberlain's wounding at Petersburg

    Charles D. Gilmore

  • 1864-07-06 Major Ellis Spear recommends promotions

    1864-07-06 Major Ellis Spear recommends promotions

  • 1864-07-09 Brigadier General Adelbert Ames forwards his photograph to General Hodsdon per request by Adelbert Ames

    1864-07-09 Brigadier General Adelbert Ames forwards his photograph to General Hodsdon per request

    Adelbert Ames

  • 1864-07-10 Major Ellis Spear recommends Walter Morrill of Company B for promotion by Ellis Spear

    1864-07-10 Major Ellis Spear recommends Walter Morrill of Company B for promotion

    Ellis Spear

  • 1864-07-16 Representative John Osgood recommends promotion of Sergeant Joseph Walker by John Osgood

    1864-07-16 Representative John Osgood recommends promotion of Sergeant Joseph Walker

    John Osgood

  • 1864-07-18 Captain Joseph B. Fitch writes Governor Cony regarding promotions of Gilmore, Spear, and Morrill by Joseph B. Fitch

    1864-07-18 Captain Joseph B. Fitch writes Governor Cony regarding promotions of Gilmore, Spear, and Morrill

    Joseph B. Fitch

  • 1864-07-18 Lt. Colonel Gilmore acknowledges receipt of three commissions by Charles D. Gilmore

    1864-07-18 Lt. Colonel Gilmore acknowledges receipt of three commissions

    Charles D. Gilmore

  • 1864-07-22 Charles D. Gilmore inquires if a vacancy exists to promote Daniel Keene by Charles D. Gilmore

    1864-07-22 Charles D. Gilmore inquires if a vacancy exists to promote Daniel Keene

    Charles D. Gilmore

 

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