Papers, 1861-1994.

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Papers, 1861-1994.

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Correspondence, military reports, newspaper clippings, stock certificates, checks, addresses, programs, and other papers, reflecting Chamberlain's life and career, including his activities as leader of the 20th Maine Regiment during the Battle of Gettysburg, receipt of the Medal of Honor, governorship of Maine (1867-1871), home in Brunswick, and presidency of Bowdoin College.

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Bowdoin College

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

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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...