Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Papers 1775-1913 (bulk 1828-1913)

Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872

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William Henry Seward was born in Florida, Orange County, New York, on May 16, 1801. He was the son of Samuel S. Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward. He graduated from Union College in 1820, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822. In 1823, he moved to Auburn, New York, where he entered Judge Elijah Miller's law office. He married Frances Adeline Miller, Judge Miller's daughter, in 1824. Seward was interested in politics early in his career and became actively involved in the Anti-Masonic m...

Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909

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Oliver Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, the son of Rowland Bailey Howard and Eliza Otis Howard. Rowland, a farmer, died when Oliver was 9 years old. Oliver attended Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Kents Hill School in Readfield, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 at the age of 19. He then attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1854, fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a brevet second lieutenant of ordnance. He served at the Watervlie...

Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882

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Warren was born in Cold Spring, Putnam County, New York, and named for Gouverneur Kemble, a prominent local Congressman, diplomat, industrialist, and owner of the West Point Foundry. His sister, Emily Warren Roebling, would later play a significant role in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. He entered the United States Military Academy across the Hudson River from his hometown at age 16 and graduated second in his class of 44 cadets in 1850. He was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in th...

United States. Army of the Potomac

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The Army of the Potomac was created after the defeat of Union forces at the First Battle of Bull Run. Its objective was to defend Washington, D.C. by protecting the Potomac River entry into the city. The Army of the Potomac participated in the Peninsula Campaign, the Seven Days' Battles, Antietam, Gettysburg and Appomatox. Its commanders (in order of service) were McClellan, Halleck, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant. From the description of General orders, ...

Brown, John Marshall, 1838-1907

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Son of John Bundy Brown and Ann Matilda (Greely) Brown, of Portland, Me.; attended Gould Academy, Phillips Andover Academy, and Bowdoin College (class of 1860); studied law but after graduation became a U.S. Army officer, participating in various Civil War battles; returned to Portland in 1864 after being wounded and joined his father's business J.B. Brown & Sons, with his older brother Philip Henry Brown; also involved in the Portland Sugar Company and the management of a hotel; m. Alida Ca...

Burrage, Henry S. (Henry Sweetser), 1837-1926

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Henry S. Burrage was born in Fitchburg, Mass., in 1837. He attended Brown University and entered the Union Army a year after his graduation in 1861, eventually obtaining the rank of major. After the war, he attended Newton Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1867. In 1883 he also received a Doctor of Divinity from Brown. During his life, Rev. Burrage served as a trustee of Brown and Colby College, as state historian of Maine, as well as in many other capacities. He wrote and publish...

Woodman, Cyrus, 1814-1889

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Lawyer, businessman, and land agent; originally of Buxton, Me.; later lived in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Massachusetts; interested in Buxton, Me., area history and was buried in Buxton. From the description of Walpole Meeting House scrapbook, 1873 June 13. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 387973769 Lawyer and landowner, of Buxton and Portland, Me., Winslow, Ill., Mineral Point, Wis., Cambridge, Mass., and elsewhere. From the descri...

Sonnor, Selden, 1839-1917

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Seldon Conner was born in Fairfield, Maine, and in 1859 graduated at Tufts College, as well as studying law in Vermont. While attending Tufts University, he was a member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity. Following the outbreak of the American Civil War, Connor entered the military service in May 1861 as a private in the 1st Vermont Infantry, but became ill with chronic catarrh, recovering the following winter. In August 1861 was commissioned as lieutenant colonel of the 7th Maine Infantry. Seldon b...

Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914

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Chamberlain was born in Brewer, Maine, the son of Sarah Dupee (née Brastow) and Joshua Chamberlain, on September 8, 1828. Chamberlain was of English ancestry and could trace his family line back to twelfth-century England, during the reign of King Stephen. Chamberlain's great-grandfather Ebenezer, was a New Hampshire soldier in the French and Indian War, and the American Revolutionary War. Chamberlain's grandfather Joshua, was a ship builder, and colonel during the War of 1812, before moving his...

Hamlin, Charles, 1837-1911

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Lawyer and author, of Maine. From the description of The impeachment of Johnson, undated. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 243695873 Lawyer practicing in Maine. From the description of Correspondence, 1900 Jan. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70978608 ...

United States. Army. Corps, 5th (1862-1865)

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Sargent, Horace Binney, 1821-1908

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Civil War cavalry officer, served with the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry; commanded the Grand Army of the Department of Massachusetts. From the description of Poem, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 55531548 ...

United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865). Company G

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McClellan, Carswell, 1835-1892

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