Person:Joshua Chamberlain (1)

Name	Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Gender	Male
Birth[1]	8 Sep 1828	Brewer, Penobscot, Maine, United States
Marriage		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 StatesCombatant of Fredericksburg
Military[1]	20 May 1863	Colonel, commanding 20th Maine Infantry (Civil War)
Military[1]	2 Jul 1863	Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United StatesCombatant 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 StatesCombatant 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 StatesGovernors 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]		Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Reference Number		Q80766 (Wikidata)

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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.

1. ↑ ^{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.
2. ↑ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, in Find A Grave.
3. ↑ 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.