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On the 2nd day of July 1863, the 20th Maine Regiment, commanded by Col. J. L. Chamberlain and serving in the Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps, formed the extreme left of the national line of battle. It repulsed the attack of the extreme right of Longstreet's Corps and then charged, capturing 302 prisoners. Out of 358 engaged, the regiment lost 38 killed or mortally wounded and 93 wounded. In this action, officers and men of the 20th Maine Volunteers were killed or died of wounds received.
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