[Arkinsaw]

I'm a reb, but glad to see this one. Chamberlain was called "the knightliest" of the Union and I believe this to be true. Good man and soldier.

[Robert A Cook PE]

There's an excellent short story in the collection "Alternate Generals" that has Chamberlain attacking the hill, while his brother tried to defend it against the Confederate charge ...

Chamberlain watered his troops, sent them around further (and faster) and defended the stone wall against the side volley that helped break the final Confederate charge in the actual battle ....

And took the mountain top when the Union troops ran out of ammo and tried their bayonet charge.

This turned the Union flank, and Gettsyburg was lost.

[Madame Dufarge]

Grant chose Chamberlain to receive the formal surrender of weapons and colors (12 April 1865). Always a chivalrous man, Chamberlain had his men salute the defeated Confederates as they marched by, evidence of his admiration of their valor and of Grant's wish to encourage the rebel armies still in the field to accept the peace.