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John H. Rice recommends Reverend Alfred C. Godfrey for chaplain

Type: OBJECT
Collection: 20th Maine Regiment
Date: 1863-07-14

Special Order 329, honorably discharging Private N.H. DeCoster to enable him to accept appointment in the US Colored Troops

Special Order 329, honorably discharging Private N.H. DeCoster to enable him to accept an appointment in the US Colored Troops (USCT).

Type: OBJECT
Collection: 20th Maine Regiment
Date: 1863-07-24

Chamberlain does not recommend Nichols for promotion

Type: OBJECT
Collection: 20th Maine Regiment
Date: 1863-10-28

Captain Atherton W. Clark and others request that Dr. Abner Shaw be commissioned their regimental surgeon

Captain A.W. Clark and others request that Dr. Abner Shaw be commissioned their regimental surgeon

Type: OBJECT
Collection: 20th Maine Regiment
Date: 1863-11-06

Chamberlain's Gettysburg battle report

Gettysburg battle report from Lt. Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain to Acting Adjutant General Lt. George Herendeen at Brigade Headquarters describing the actions of his regiment, the 20th Maine, at Little Round Top.

"In the midst of this struggle, our ammunition utterly failed ... As a last, desperate resort, I ordered a charge. The word 'fix bayonets' flew from man to man. The click of the steel seemed to give new zeal to all. The men dashed forward with a shout."

Type: OBJECT
Collection: 20th Maine Regiment
Date: 1863-07-06