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Joshua Chamberlain's Medal of Honor discovered at a church sale
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RE: Joshua Chamberlain's Medal of Honor discovered at a church sale
He also could have been referring to Major Ellis Spear who was Chamberlain's second in command. It was Spear who advised Chamberlain to refuse the flank which he accomplished by spreading a thin line of the Regiment's left wing to oppose an attack by the 15th Alabama.

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