#OnThisDay, 1862: Joshua L. Chamberlain, Class of 1852, is named by the Boards a Professor of Modern Languages. pic.twitter.com/P1Dx5HOMRQ
— Bowdoin College (@BowdoinCollege) August 5, 2015
#OnThisDay, 1862: Joshua L. Chamberlain, Class of 1852, is named by the Boards a Professor of Modern Languages. pic.twitter.com/P1Dx5HOMRQ
— Bowdoin College (@BowdoinCollege) August 5, 2015
His picture, leading the bayonet charge at Little Round Top, is on my office wall.
A truly great man.
He was a strong Christian. Think I might have posted this here previously, but here again is a letter from Chamberlain to his pastor, written while a student at Bowdoin:
http://learn.bowdoin.edu/joshua-lawrence-chamberlain/documents/1848-05-05.html