A HELL OF A REGIMENT: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine

With an eye and ear for the excitement and horror of Civil War combat, Peatman evocatively reconstructs the 20th Maine's stand on Little Round Top, shedding new light on the battle and explaining how a ragtag group of soldiers, led by a colonel trained in rhetoric and religion instead of military drill and tactics, became an effective fighting force. Illus.