The power of great speeches can be mountain moving. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a new Colonel in the 20th Maine. He was called upon to lead the north into war. He gave a very inspiring speech that changed the minds of one hundred and fourteen angry mutineers. He was getting these mutineers as prisoners. Chamberlain got them and was told that if they refused to fight to shoot them. But they were all Maine men, and he was from Maine. So he gave a very inspiring speech that changed every last one of the mutineers’ minds into help them fighting. The impact of Chamberlain's speech changed the minds of one hundred and fourteen men. Chamberlain in our story has given one of the most powerful speeches I have heard. After this speech all but
