Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence, 1828-1914.

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain papers, 1775-1913 (bulk 1828-1913). - 1,000 items. 11 containers. 4.4 linear feet.

Open to research.

Correspondence, speeches, military reports, accounts of engagements of the Army of the Potomac, record books, biographical notes, and other material pertaining primarily to the Civil War. Contains Chamberlain's account of the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863; reports of Company G, 20th Maine Infantry Regiment; and correspondence relating to the state militia, military reunions, and data for a history of the 5th U.S. Army Corps. Correspondents include John Marshall Brown, Henry S. Burrage, Selden Connor, Charles Hamlin, O.O. Howard, Carswell McClellan, Horace Binney Sargent, William Henry Seward, Gouverneur Kemble Warren, and Cyrus Woodman.


Union Army officer, educator, and governor of Maine.


Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010265

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Brown, John Marshall, 1838-1907 --Correspondence.
Burrage, Henry S. 1837-1926 --Correspondence.
Connor, Selden, 1839- --Correspondence.
Hamlin, Charles, 1837-1911 --Correspondence.
Howard, O. O. 1830-1909 --Correspondence.
McClellan, Carswell, 1835-1892 --Correspondence.
Sargent, Horace Binney, 1821-1908 --Correspondence.
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 --Correspondence.
Warren, G. K. 1830-1882 --Correspondence.
Woodman, Cyrus, 1814-1889 --Correspondence.


United States. Army. Corps, 5th (1862-1865)
United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865). Company G.
United States. Army of the Potomac.


Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.


Maine--Militia.
Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.


United States--History --Campaigns. --Civil War, 1861-1865


Army officers.
Educators.
Governors--Maine.