A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th Maine History and the “New Woman

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A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th Maine History and the “New WomanBy John J. Pullen 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 County, had been issued 864 Medals of Honor one for every member of the regiment while the 20th Maine, having distinguished itself at Little Round Top, garnered only four such medals. Was this discovery the beginning of an untold story of extraordinary bravery,