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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's Impact On The Civil War
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain positively impacted the battle. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a hero at Gettysburg because of his great leadership, the trust of his men and holding the Union flank.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born in Brewer, Maine on September 8, 1828. Chamberlain was the oldest sibling out of five, Thomas Chamberlain, Horace Beriah Chamberlain, John Chamberlain, Sarah Barstow Chamberlain. His parents were Joshua and Sarah Chamberlain. Chamberlain before going to college would work in a brickyard. He would teach in 1846. Joshua would then go to college and study Greek, Latin, Rhetoric at Bowdoin College. He would graduate in 1852. Chamberlain would then go
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