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Shower of Stars - The Medal of Honor and the 27th Maine (Paperback)
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Shower of Stars - The Medal of Honor and the 27th Maine (Paperback)
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Since 1941 the Medal of Honor has been more often awarded to dead
than to living men. Of all the medals issues by the United States
Government, this singular medal has had a particularly solemn glory
attached to its meaning. But a look at its history reveals that,
from its inception, it was steeped in controversy, with threats to
its integrity swirling in from all sides. Author John. J. Pullen,
during the course of research on the 20th Maine, came across an
obscure note indicating that the 27th Maine, a group of nine-month
volunteers from York Country, had been issued 864 Medals of
Honor-one for every member of the regiment-while the 20th main,
having distinguished itself at Little Round Top, garnered only four
such medals. Was this discovery the beginning of an untold story of
extraordinary bravery, or was it an outrageous blunder? Civil War
literature yielded nothing about this wholesale "shower of stars"
that had rained down upon the little-known regiment. And, as Pullen
tracked down its descendants, he f
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