Becoming A Hell of a Regiment: The Twentieth Maine at Fredericksburg in History and Memory
Date and Time
Sunday Nov 1, 2026
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
November 1 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location
1115 Tyler St
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401
Fees/Admission
Cost $50.00
Each registered guest will receive a copy of A Hell of a Regiment: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine included with their ticket admission on November 1st.
Contact Information
Tim Talbott
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Description
A Talk and Walking Tour with Jared Peatman
Though famous for its actions at Gettysburg, the Twentieth Maine’s first major battle – and the one that set it up to earn glory seven months later – was Fredericksburg. Fifty years later, differing interpretations of that same battle turned former comrades Joshua Chamberlain and Ellis Spear into enemies, and provided much fodder for today’s anti-Chamberlain crowd.
Join us November 1, 2026, first at the CVBT office as Jared Peatman, author of the recently-released A Hell of a Regiment: To Gettysburg and Beyond with the Twentieth Maine, reveals the dynamics of the Twentieth Maine on the eve of the Battle of Fredericksburg, the impact of the great battle on the unit, and then the controversies that arose with Joshua Chamberlain’s January 1913 account “My Story of Fredericksburg.” Then, we’ll pick up with the tour portion of the program and follow in the footsteps of the Twentieth Maine from December 13-16, 1862, as they attacked Marye’s Heights on December 13-14 before acting as part of the army’s rearguard on December 15-16.
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