Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain the Focus of January Civil War Round Table Program

The Tuscarawas Valley Civil War Round Table will meet on Thursday, January 9 at 6:30 PM in the Community Room of the Dover Public Library, located at 525 N. Walnut Street in Dover. The featured presenter will be Judge William F.B. Vodrey, who will present: “Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Scholar, Citizen, Soldier.”

Chamberlain, colonel of the 20th Maine and a hero of Gettysburg, was one of the most remarkable officers of the Civil War.  A speaker of seven languages, he left academia at Bowdoin College in Maine to answer the republic’s call of duty, was repeatedly wounded in the field but rose to the rank of brevet major general and a top command in the Fifth Corps. He was personally chosen by U.S. Grant to receive the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. Had he not been where he was on Little Round Top, when he was, the Confederacy just might have won the Civil War.

The mission of the Tuscarawas Valley Civil War Round Table is to educate the community about the American Civil War, to preserve Civil War heritage and to remember those who struggled for their cause. For more information, please call the Dover Public Library at 330-343-6123.