Who Am I?? History- Civil War Time?
This Brigadier General for the Union army was wounded four times during the Civil War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his battlefield excellence at Gettysburg. Who is he?
Which one of these people is he?
A. Ely Parker
B. Mary Ann “Mother” Bickerdyke
C. Clara Barton
D. Dorothea Dix
E. Robert Gould Shaw
F. Joshua Chamberlain
G. Nathan Bedford Forrest
H. David Farragut
I. James Longstreet
J. Thomas Jackson
F. Joshua Chamberlain, though he was only a Lt. Col. at Gettysburg. He was promoted to general after his supposed death. Reports of the death of this hero after the battle of Quaker Road prompted his promotion. However, it turned out he was merely wounded and in a military hospital. He accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. After the war he returned to teach at his alma mater at Bowdoin College in Maine and served as that states governor.
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