Scott Hann
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- Sep 4, 2015
If you look at pics of Chamberlain, he was a twig. Skinny and not very tall. Daniels in G&G is big enough for three Chamberlains. He was wonderful in Gettysburg, but he ought not to have even been in G&G. The movie made up for it, though, by including Alexander's "a chicken couldn't live on that field" scene at F-burg. Still one of the best lines of the war.
Tom Desjardin, author and expert on the 20th Maine, said Colonel Chamberlain was only 5' 6". The actor who portrayed him is 6' 4"!