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Chamberlain at Fredericksburg: "We Buried Them Darkly, at Dead of Night"
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain possessed many natural gifts honed during his life's journey as a professor, general, and governor of Maine. His abilities as a writer shone light on his beloved 20th Maine Infantry and his own leadership at Little Round Top. Here's a lesser known writing about a night on the battlefield of Fredericksburg.
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