4-Mercy at Appomat III. Sentence Paraphrase 8 A Bowdoin College professor who left to enlist in the army, Chamberlain won a battlefield commission for repeated acts of bravery…(11) a subject complement modifying placed at the beginning of the sentence denoting the capacity in which the subject does something go to 9 W BTL EW B T L E III. Sentence Paraphrase 8 A Bowdoin College professor who left to enlist in the army, Chamberlain won a battlefield commission for repeated acts of bravery … (11) go to 9 a subject complement placed at the beginning of the sentence denoting the capacity in which the subject does something modifying Lesson 14 – Mercy at Appomattox