GDG- Units history and what has caught my attention.

[Jim Lamason]

Alan , 

There is a great article on the 16th Maine in the newest edition of GB
Magazine. I have started to read it. I have found their story to be one of
as much deserving of attention as the 20th Maine. 

Jim Lamason 

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Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 4:35 PM
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Subject: Re: GDG- Units history and what has caught my attention.

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


James Cameron wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> << I wish a Mainer would step forward and speak with puffed out chest 
> about
> the 4th, 16th, 17th & 20th Maine infantry regiments. The state as a
> whole provided 3,752 soldiers to the battle (Busey & Martin, pg 355),
> and gave 1,027 (27.4% - pgs 490, 491). But that doesn't begin to tell
> the story of the impact that those four regiments had -  >>
>
>
> Don't forget the 3rd Maine, which fought with USSS in Pitzer's Woods, 
> and later resisted Hood's advance on the Union skirmish line covering 
> Birney's division.  Or one of my favorites, the 19th Maine, which held 
> a very isolated position out in front of Cemetery Ridge later that day.
>
> Jim Cameron
>
yes and yes! The 20th ME gets the lion's share of the glory, but it 
seems to me there were a lot of finalists in the "Best Performance by a 
Maine Regiment at Gettysburg" category.

Alan
 
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