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Ellis Spear (October 15, 1834 – April 3, 1917) was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. On April 10, 1866, the United States Senate confirmed President Andrew Johnson's February 24 nomination of Spear for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general to
16 de ago. de 2021 · Ellis Spear, a 20th Maine officer, wrote different versions of how his regiment charged at Gettysburg in 1863. He first claimed Chamberlain ordered the charge, then later attributed it to a common soldier, but his letter from 1863 contradicts both stories.
18 de abr. de 2017 · Major Ellis Spear died embittered because his former friend Colonel Joshua Chamberlain claimed too much credit for the success at Little Round Top. The 20th Maine’s epic stand and bayonet charge at Little Round Top on July 2, 1863, secured that regiment’s place in military history.
Joshua Chamberlain receives much of the credit for the heroics of the 20th Maine Regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg. Some of that credit accrues because of...
By Ajhall, 13 years ago on American Civil War Book Reviews. Ellis Spear, an 1858 graduate of Bowdoin College -- Joshua Chamberlain's alma mater -- raised and commanded Company G of the 20th Maine. He was with the regiment from its mustering in to its mustering out, rising from commander of Company G to command of the regiment.
Abstract. The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry was an underdog regiment, as well as an unusual regiment, led not by the classic military types, rather than being led by military academy graduates, the regimental staff was made up of civilian academics, men like Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and Ellis Spear. chamberlain was a professor of rhetoric at ...
Ellis Spear. 20th MAINE INFANTRY. Promoted in the field, Spear was still wearing Captain straps at Gettysburg as he took the role of acting Major in command of the historic extreme left of the 20th Maine line on Little Round Top.
