The book Gods and Generals is a book about the civil war. What makes this book different from other civil war books out there is that this book concerns itself more with following individual people. Most civil war books are purely informational. Gods and Generals focuses on the individual people that the war affected dramatically. Plot Summary In the beginning of the book, the author tells of two amazing things that happened in the middle …showed first 75 words of 698 total…

…showed last 75 words of 698 total…reached the top. <Tab/>Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain-Born in 1828, Chamberlain graduates from Bowdoin College in 1852. He his considered brilliant, with an amazing talent for mastering any subject. He enrolls in the Bangor Theological Seminary, considers the ministry as a career, but cannot make the final commitment, for though he often preaches Sunday services, he does not hear the calling. Chamberlain is now Prof. of Natural and Revealed Religion, and speaks five languages.