The 20th Maine Infantry Regiment was a volunteer regiment of the United States Army (Union Army) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), most famous...
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The 20th Maine, subtitled "The Battle for Little Round Top", is a board wargame published by Operational Studies Group (OSG) in 1979 that simulates the...
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forces. Flag of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment; one of several flags used by the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil...
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Maine (/meɪn/ MAYN) is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Lower 48. It borders New Hampshire...
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Joshua Chamberlain (category People of Maine in the American Civil War)
lieutenant colonel in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1862, and fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg. He became commander of the regiment in June...
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Strong Vincent, who was mortally wounded during the fighting and died five days later. The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel...
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quartet. On June 7, 2019 The Ghost of Paul Revere song "Ballad of the 20th Maine" became the official state ballad of Maine. The song, written by Griffin...
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the late 19th century, but its existence became threatened when long-haired breeds from overseas were introduced in the early 20th century. The Maine...
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Gods and Generals (film) (category Films about Lost Cause of the Confederacy)
Adelbert Ames, the commander of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He is called to battle at the Union invasion of Fredericksburg. The Southern forces...
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Thomas Chamberlain (soldier) (category People of Maine in the American Civil War)
– August 12, 1896) was the Lieutenant Colonel of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, the brother of Union general...
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Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the 20th Maine is ordered to take in 120 men from the disbanded 2nd Maine who had resigned in protest, with permission...
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release of the movie have had two significant influences on modern perceptions of the Civil War. First, the actions of Chamberlain and the 20th Maine Infantry...
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of the Maine State Senate from the 20th district (2014–2018, 2022–present) Sean Paulhus, former Member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 50th...
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Andrew J. Tozier (category People of Maine in the American Civil War)
sergeant in the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment and later the color-bearer for the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who was awarded the Medal of...
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The history of the area comprising the U.S. state of Maine spans thousands of years, measured from the earliest human settlement, or approximately two...
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Strong Vincent (category People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War)
him through the thigh and the groin and he fell. Due to the determination of the 20th Maine, the 44th New York, the 83rd Pennsylvania and the 16th Michigan...
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Ellis Spear (category People of Maine in the American Civil War)
was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. On April 10, 1866, the United States Senate...
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The flag of the U.S. state of Maine from 1901 to 1909 was the first official flag to be used to represent the state other than its militia; it was later...
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Abraham Lincoln chose Maine's Hannibal Hamlin as his first Vice President. The future General Joshua L. Chamberlain and the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry...
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is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's third-most...
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Abner O. Shaw (category People of Maine in the American Civil War)
January 27, 1934) was an American physician from Maine who served in the Civil War with the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Abner Orimel Shaw was...
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15th Alabama Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Alabama)
By the end of the war, only 170 men remained to be paroled. The 15th Alabama is most famous for being the regiment that confronted the 20th Maine on Little...
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town in and the seat of Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The municipality is located in the state of Maine's Mid Coast region. The population was...
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in William Forstchen's The Lost Regiment series. (The regiment is based on Joshua Chamberlain's 20th Maine Infantry.) Before the series Andrew Lawrence...
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to the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment under protest. Numbered the second, this was in fact the first regiment to leave the state for the front...
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The University of Maine (UMaine) is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine...
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Bowdoin College (redirect from Medical School of Maine)
college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 35 majors...
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133rd Engineer Battalion (redirect from 20th Armor Regiment (United States))
The 133rd Engineer Battalion is a military engineering unit of the Maine Army National Guard. One of the largest and oldest units in the Maine National...
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Maine, United States, near the southern tip of the state. The population in the 2020 census was 13,723. Situated beside the Atlantic Ocean on the Gulf...
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ə-GUSS-tə) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of and most populous city in Kennebec County. Augusta is included in the Lewiston-Auburn...
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