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�Head=Quarters 1st Brigade, 1st Div. 5th Corps, A.P. Sept. 1st, 1863.
Co. J. L. Chamberlain, 20th Maine Vols. Commdg.[?] 3d Brigade 1st Div., 5th Corps, A.P.
Colonel:-
I desire to bear testimony to your gallant service while commanding the 20th Maine Vols. of the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, at the Battle of Gettysburg, on the 2nd and 3d July.
You, and your regiment also, may well be proud of the manner in which you discharged your duty on that memorable occasion.
Your regiment occupied the left of the line of battle of your Brigade and it was owing to your repulse of the attack made upon your left flank and in