{"id":6540624232537,"title":"Maine Roads to Gettysburg — Huntington '82","handle":"maine-roads-to-gettysburg-huntington-82","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Tom Huntington, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"titleId\" data-title-id=\"53856689\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEveryone knows about Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain \u003cstrong\u003e[Bowdoin Class of 1852]\u003c\/strong\u003e and his 20th Maine Regiment, but there's much more to the story of Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg. Soldiers from Maine made their presence felt all over the battlefield during three days of fighting in July 1863. There's Oliver Otis Howard \u003cstrong\u003e[Bowdoin Class of 1850]\u003c\/strong\u003e, corps commander who helped secure high ground for the Union on the first day. There's Adelbert Ames, who drilled the 20th Maine--including Chamberlain himself--into a fighting regiment and then commanded a brigade at Gettysburg. The 17th Maine fought ably in the confused and bloody fighting in the Wheatfield on the second day, the 19th Maine helped defeat Pickett's Charge, and of course Chamberlain's men made their legendary stand at Little Round Top.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"53856689\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-07-29T16:41:15-04:00","created_at":"2021-03-05T14:01:16-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Alumni","Civil War","History","Joshua Chamberlain"],"price":3295,"price_min":3295,"price_max":3295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3295,"compare_at_price_min":3295,"compare_at_price_max":3295,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39260737667161,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBC308-Huntington","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Maine Roads to Gettysburg — Huntington '82","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3295,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3295,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780811718400","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/8212\/products\/wbc308-huntington-maine.jpg?v=1614970878"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/8212\/products\/wbc308-huntington-maine.jpg?v=1614970878","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Maine Roads to Gettysburg by Tom Huntington","id":20249799721049,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/8212\/products\/wbc308-huntington-maine.jpg?v=1614970878"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/8212\/products\/wbc308-huntington-maine.jpg?v=1614970878","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Tom Huntington, Class of 1982\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"titleId\" data-title-id=\"53856689\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEveryone knows about Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain \u003cstrong\u003e[Bowdoin Class of 1852]\u003c\/strong\u003e and his 20th Maine Regiment, but there's much more to the story of Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg. Soldiers from Maine made their presence felt all over the battlefield during three days of fighting in July 1863. There's Oliver Otis Howard \u003cstrong\u003e[Bowdoin Class of 1850]\u003c\/strong\u003e, corps commander who helped secure high ground for the Union on the first day. There's Adelbert Ames, who drilled the 20th Maine--including Chamberlain himself--into a fighting regiment and then commanded a brigade at Gettysburg. The 17th Maine fought ably in the confused and bloody fighting in the Wheatfield on the second day, the 19th Maine helped defeat Pickett's Charge, and of course Chamberlain's men made their legendary stand at Little Round Top.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-title-id=\"53856689\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}