Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Born: September 8, 1828
Birthplace: Brewer, Maine
Father: Joshua Chamberlain 1800 – 1880
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Brewer, Maine)
Mother: Sarah Dupee Brastow 1803 – 1888
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Brewer, Maine)
Wife: Frances Carolina “Fannie” Adams 1825 – 1905
(Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine)
Married: 1855
Children:
Grace Dupee Chamberlain Allen 1856 – 1937
(Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine)
Harold Wyllys Chamberlain 1858 – 1928
(Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine)
Emily Chamberlain 1860 – 1860
(Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine)
Gertrude Loraine Chamberlain 1865 – 1865
(Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine)
Education:
Member of Peucinian Group while Student at Bowdoin College
1852: Graduated from Bowdoin College
Attended Bangor Theological Seminary
Occupation before War:
Rhetoric Professor at Bowdoin College
1861 -1862: Modern languages Professor at Bowdoin College
Said to have known 10 different languages
Civil War Career:
1862 – 1863: Lt. Colonel of 20th Maine Infantry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: 20th Maine missed Chancellorsville due to Smallpox
1863: Colonel of 20th Maine Infantry Regiment
1863: Suffered from Malaria and dysentery
1863: Led the 20th Maine Infantry in a charge at Gettysburg
1863 – 1864: Colonel of Union Army Infantry Brigade
1864: Brigade Commander Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
1864: Brigade Commander Battle of Spotsylvania Virginia
1864: Brigade Commander Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia
1864: Wounded in right hip and groin Siege of Petersburg, Virginia
1864 – 1866: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers
1864: Hospitalized in Annapolis, Maryland
1864 – 1865: Furloughed from Army due to health
1865: Wounded in left arm and chest Skirmish on Quaker Road
1865 – 1866: Brevet Major General Union Army Volunteers
1865: Commander for Confederate Surrender at Appomattox
1866: Mustered out of Service with Union Army on January 15th
Occupation after War:
1867 – 1871: Governor of Maine
Active Member Grand Army of the Republic
1867 – 1871: Trustee of Bates College
1871 – 1883: President of Bowdoin College
1880: Summoned to be Commander of Maine State Militia
Attorney in New York City, New York
United States Surveyor of the Port of Portland, Maine
1885: Held real estate dealings in Florida
Businessman with College of Art in New York and hotels
Worked on Railroad Building and public improvements
1893: Recipient of the Medal of Honor for his role at Gettysburg
1898: rejected by Army to serve in the Spanish – American War
1905: Founding member Maine Institution for the Blind
1913: Made his last visit to Gettysburg Battlefield
Died: February 24, 1914
Place of Death: Portland, Maine
Cause of Death: Wartime Wounds
Age at time of Death: 85 years old
Burial Place: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine
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