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Maine's 20th Regiment

17th Maine Infantry volunteers, 1864

17th Maine Infantry volunteers, 1864

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Maine Historical Society

In late 1865 Joshua Chamberlain wrote of the 20th Maine, "It was made of the surplus recruits drifted together, the last of a call for 300,000 more.

"It was without pride. No county claimed them. No city gave them a flag. They received no words of farewell on leaving their state. No words of welcome on their return."