Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (born Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, September 8, 1828 – February 24, 1914) 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. Following the war, he served as Governor of Maine, and the President of Bowdoin College.
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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American military officer, professor, and 32nd Governor of Maine
Born | 8 Sep 1828 |
Died | 24 Feb 1914 |
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
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American military officer, professor, and 32nd Governor of Maine
Born | 8 Sep 1828 |
Died | 24 Feb 1914 |
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History, Personal narratives, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Generals, Correspondence, Regimental histories, United States. Army. Corps, 5th (1862-1865), United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, Universities and colleges, Appomattox Campaign, 1865, Biography, Bowdoin College, Campaigns, Chamberlain, joshua lawrence, 1828-1914, College presidents, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863, Governors, Presidents, United States. Army of the Potomac, United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865), Veterans, 5th Corps, Appomattox campaign, 1865, Columbia UniversityPeople
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914), Carswell McClellan (1835-1892), Charles Hamlin (1837-1911), Cyrus Woodman (1814-1889), Gouverneur Kemble Warren (1830-1882), Henry S. Burrage (1837-1926), Horace Binney Sargent (1821-1908), John Marshall Brown (1838-1907), O. O. Howard (1830-1909), Selden Connor (b. 1839), William Henry Seward (1801-1872)Time
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- OLID: OL233248A
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- VIAF: 62350909
- Wikidata: Q80766
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q80766
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