Bangor Public Library schedules “Passing Through the Fire” lecture

I invite you to join me in the Minsky Lecture Hall, Bangor Public Library, from 6-7 p.m. on Thursday, October 14 for a program about my new book and Maine’s best-known Civil War soldier, Passing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War.

This free program will feature a PowerPoint presentation about Chamberlain’s wartime experiences, from his decision to enlist to the 20th Maine Infantry’s savage fight for Little Round Top to his participation in the spring 1865 Appomattox Campaign. A Q & A session will follow the program.

Copies of Passing Through the Fire and Maine at War, Vol. 1: Bladensburg to Sharpsburg will be available for purchase. Be sure to get an autographed copy for the Civil War buff on your Christmas gift list!

Masks are required inside the library and in all Bangor municipal-government buildings.

For more information, check out the Bangor Public Library’s events calendar.

 

Brian Swartz

About Brian Swartz

Welcome to "Maine at War," the blog about the roles played by Maine and her sons and daughters in the Civil War. I am a Civil War buff and a newspaper editor recently retired from the Bangor Daily News. Maine sent hero upon hero — soldiers, nurses, sailors, chaplains, physicians — south to preserve their country in the 1860s. “Maine at War” introduces these heroes and heroines, who, for the most part, upheld the state's honor during that terrible conflict. We tour the battlefields where they fought, and we learn about the Civil War by focusing on Maine’s involvement with it. Be prepared: As I discover to this very day, the facts taught in American classrooms don’t always jibe with Civil War reality. I can be reached at visionsofmaine@tds.net.