ONE decision...(Part 4)

Aha! You thought I was done, didn't you? Silly you...

Chamberlain's improbable charge was not without personal benefits as well. In addition to his CMH, he led successful campaigns until the end of the war, being decorated 4 separate times for bravery, eventually being promoted to Major General.

Among all Union officers, it was Joshua Chamberlain whom Lincoln selected to receive the Confederate surrender at Appomattox. There Chamberlain stunned the world and began the healing of his nation with a display of forgiveness and respect - ordering his men to attention and SALUTING Robert E. Lee and the defeated South.

Returning home to Maine, Chamberlain was elected Governor by what remains to this day the largest margin in state history. He served four terms as Governor of Maine, and then stepped down, returning to Bowdoin College - this time as its President.

Now we get to the interesting part of this story.

As the late Paul Harvey was known to say, "...in a moment, you'll hear...the REST of the story."
(TBC, yet again...)