A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... Hand Know When the volunteers of the 27th Maine took their two paces forward in July of 1863 they set in motion a series of events the unfolding of which no human eye could see , so complicated and long - continued was its course ...
... Hand Know When the volunteers of the 27th Maine took their two paces forward in July of 1863 they set in motion a series of events the unfolding of which no human eye could see , so complicated and long - continued was its course ...
Page 166
... hand had not been told what the right hand was doing , or even that there was a right hand . Now somewhere around 560 unentitled vet- erans of the 27th Maine officially had just as much right to the medals as did the entitled ! It is ...
... hand had not been told what the right hand was doing , or even that there was a right hand . Now somewhere around 560 unentitled vet- erans of the 27th Maine officially had just as much right to the medals as did the entitled ! It is ...
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... hand- to - hand fighting ; after more than an hour of this , with the 20th Maine out of ammunition , Cham- berlain routed his attackers and captured more . than 400 prisoners by launching a surprise bay- onet charge down the slopes of ...
... hand- to - hand fighting ; after more than an hour of this , with the 20th Maine out of ammunition , Cham- berlain routed his attackers and captured more . than 400 prisoners by launching a surprise bay- onet charge down the slopes of ...
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