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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Facts and Events
| Name |
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
8 Sep 1828 |
Brewer, Penobscot, Maine, United States |
| Marriage |
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to Frances Caroline Adams |
| Graduation[1] |
1852 |
Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United StatesBowdoin College |
| Graduation[1] |
1855 |
Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United StatesBangor Theological Seminary |
| Occupation[1] |
From 1855 to 1862 |
Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United StatesFaculty, Bowdoin College |
| Military[1] |
8 Aug 1862 |
Lt. Col, 20th Maine Infantry (Civil War) |
| Military[1] |
Dec 1862 |
Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Combatant of Fredericksburg |
| Military[1] |
20 May 1863 |
Colonel, commanding 20th Maine Infantry (Civil War) |
| Military[1] |
2 Jul 1863 |
Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
Combatant of Gettysburg |
| Military[1] |
From 26 Aug 1863 to 19 Nov 1863 |
Commanding 3rd Brigade, 1st Division,
V Corps (Union Army) |
| Military[1] |
Apr 1864 |
Command, 1st Brigade, First Division,
V Corps (Union Army) |
| Military[1] |
Jun 1864 |
Second Battle of Petersburg |
| Military[1] |
From 6 Jun 1864 to 18 Jun 1864 |
Commanding 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
V Corps (Union Army) |
| Military[1] |
18 Jun 1864 |
Brigadier General of Volunteers |
| Military[1] |
From 19 Nov 1864 to 5 Jan 1865 |
Commanding 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
V Corps |
| Military[1] |
29 Mar 1865 |
Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
Combatant of Lewis's Farm |
| Military[1] |
29 Mar 1865 |
Brevet Major General of Volunteers |
| Military[1] |
9 Apr 1865 |
Combatant of Appomattox Court House |
| Military[3] |
12 Apr 1865 |
Appomattox, Appomattox, Virginia, United StatesReceived Confederate Infantry Surrender |
| Military[1] |
From 20 Apr 1865 to 28 Jun 1865 |
1st Division,
V Corps |
| Military[1] |
From 28 Jun 1865 to Jul 1865 |
Commanding 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,
Wright's Corps, Middle Department |
| Military[1] |
15 Jan 1866 |
Mustered out of volunteer service |
| Occupation[1] |
From 2 Jan 1867 to 4 Jan 1871 |
Maine, United States
Governors of Maine |
| Occupation[1] |
From 1871 to 1883 |
Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United StatesPresident of Bowdoin College |
| Military[1] |
11 Aug 1893 |
Awarded Medal of Honor |
| Death[1] |
24 Feb 1914 |
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States |
| Burial[2] |
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Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States |
| Reference Number? |
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Q80766? |
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (born Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, September 8, 1828February 24, 1914)[1] was an American college professor from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. He became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general (and brevet major general). He is best known for his gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Chamberlain was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1862, and fought at the Battle of Fredericksburg. He became commander of the regiment in June 1863 when losses at the Battle of Chancellorsville elevated the original commander, Colonel Adelbert Ames, to brigade command. During the second day's fighting at Gettysburg on July 2, Chamberlain's regiment occupied the extreme left of the Union lines at Little Round Top. Chamberlain's men withstood repeated assaults from the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment and finally drove the Confederates away with a downhill bayonet charge. Chamberlain was severely wounded while commanding a brigade during the Second Battle of Petersburg in June 1864, and was given what was intended to be a deathbed promotion to brigadier general. In April 1865, he fought at the Battle of Five Forks and was given the honor of commanding the Union troops at the surrender ceremony for the infantry of Robert E. Lee's Army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
After the war, he entered politics as a Republican and served four one-year terms of office as the 32nd Governor of Maine from 1867 to 1871. After leaving office, he returned to his alma mater, Bowdoin College, serving as its president until 1883. He died in 1914 at age 85 due to complications from the wound that he received at Petersburg.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 Joshua Chamberlain, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
- ↑ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, in Find A Grave.
- ↑ Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence. The passing of the armies: an account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac, based upon personal reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps. (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1915)
pg 254-271.
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