Monday, June 18, 2007
This Dayin American History
On this day in 1864, Col. Joshua Chamberlain, Medal of Honor winner for his defense of the Union flank at Little Round Top, is severely wounded in fighting in the trenches around Petersburg, VA. His wound is so serious, that the doctors declare it fatal. Grant promotes him to general, as a tribute, and his hometown paper in Maine prints his obituary. He survives, however, another half century and attends the 50th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg before an infection from the Petersburg wound kills him a year later.
Labels: American Civil War
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:38 AM 
