Joshua Chamberlain
Military Commander
1828 – 1914
Who was Joshua Chamberlain?
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, born as Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, was an American college professor from the State of Maine, who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. Although having no earlier education in military strategies, he became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general. For his gallantry at Gettysburg, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He 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. He served on the faculty, and as president, of his alma mater, Bowdoin College.
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- Born
- Sep 8, 1828
Brewer - Also known as
- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Fanny Chamberlain
(1855 - )
- Fanny Chamberlain
- Religion
- Congregational church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bowdoin College
- Bangor Theological Seminary
- Lived in
- Portland
- Bangor
- Maine
- Brunswick
- Died
- Feb 24, 1914
Portland
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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