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Recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg, where he held the left flank of the Union line against a fierce attack.
March 1998
Prepared by Diana Simpson
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL
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Chamberlain: A Brief Biography.
Pejebscot Historical Society: Joshua Chamberlain Information Area
Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence. The Passing
of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the
Army of the Potomac, Based Upon Personal Reminiscences of the
Fifth Army Corps. Dayton, OH, Morningside Bookshop, 1982.
392 p.
See Biographical Note, pp iii-ix, and tribute to Chamberlain at
beginning of volume.
Book call no.: 973.738 C443p
Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence. Through Blood
& Fire: Selected Civil War Papers of Major General Joshua
Chamberlain. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1996. 226
p.
Book call no.: 92 C4434c
Golay, Michael. To Gettysburg and Beyond:
The Parallel Lives of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Edward Porter
Alexander. New York: Crown Publishers, 1994. 436 p.
Book call no.: 92 C4432ga
Perry, Mark. Conceived in Liberty: Joshua
Chamberlain, William Oates, and the American Civil War. New
York: Viking, 1997. 500 p.
Book call no.: 973.70922 P464c
Trulock, Alice Rains. In the Hands of Providence:
Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War. Chapel Hill,
University of North Carolina Press, 1992. 569 p.
Book call no.: 92 C4434t
Wallace, Willard Mosher. Soul of the Lion:
A Biography of General Joshua L. Chamberlain. New York, T.
Nelson, 1960. 357 p.
Book call no.: 92 C443w
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives
of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University
Press, 1964. 679 p.
See pages 76-77.
Book call no.: R 923.573 W281ga
Hillyard, Fred J. Leadership as a Force
Multiplier: The Joshua L. Chamberlain Example. Carlisle Barracks,
PA, May 1983. 29 p. (Army War College, U.S.)
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-4 H655L
Latham, George A., III.. Fact or Fiction?
Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain at Gettysburg as Depicted in Michael
Shaara's The Killer Angels. Ft. Leavenworth, KS, 1991.
138 p. (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. Thesis.)
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022 L352f
Holzer, Harold. Forgotten Hero of Gettysburg.
American History Illustrated 28: 48-49 Nov-Dec '93
O'Brien, Kevin. College Professor with Strong
Convictions Became Maine's Greatest Hero of the American Civil
War. Military History 13:10+ Aug '96
Rose, Gideon. The Victor. MHQ: Military
History Quarterly 5:62-68 Summer '93
Ward, Geoffrey C. Hero of the 20th. American
Heritage 43:14+ Nov '92
Wittenburg, Eric J. The Fighting Professor:
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Civil War 10: 8-14 Jul-Aug
'92
Zinsser, William Knowlton. Mercy at Appomattox.
Travel-Holiday 175: 88-94+ Oct '92