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The 20th Maine Charge from the Movie “Gettysburg”

Posted by DickH on 01 Jul 2009 at 10:11 pm | Tagged as: History

This is my favorite scene from the 1993 movie Gettysburg. Colonel Chamberlain won the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYDhAmjmxYk

3 Responses to “The 20th Maine Charge from the Movie “Gettysburg””

on 02 Jul 2009 at 6:18 am # gp

Dick,

And in Col. Chamberlain’s case, mighty fine example of a citizen-soldier who accomplished himself in the civilian/academic world but also got it done tactically and came home with the best decoration out there.

Good to see that we keep that tradition alive (or revived?) with guys like McMaster, Petraeus, Nagl, etc.

best,
gp
on 16 Sep 2009 at 9:24 pm # hamed

I want to see this movie
on 17 Sep 2009 at 7:03 am # Jack Mitchell

As a young Infantry NCO in the late 80’s, I read of Chamberlin in FM 22-100, Military Leadership. He is heralded as THE example on how to lead in adverse times.

Of all the American military leaders to choose from, the Army picked Chamberlin.

Ne Desit Virtus

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