The Worcester spy., 1899-07-25
WELL REMEMBERED HERE.
The Late Or. c. NJ Chamberlain Buried on
Thursday

DR.. Cyrus N. Chamberlain, whose
funeral took place at his home in An
dover on Thursday, was born in West
Barnstable, Mass, March s, 1929, and
was graduated at the Vermont Medical
college at Woodstock in 1885, He prac-
ticed medicine in CRANKY and North
ampton, Mass, until the outbreak or
the civil war, when in June, 1861, he
enlisted in the Tenth Massachusetts
regiment as surgeon. He served with
tins regiment until April, 1863, during
which time he was one of the board of
medical examiners for Buelfs division,
at Camp Brightwood, near Washing
ton, acted as brigade surgeon to the
brigade OF General Devens, and was
also chief operating surgeon of the
third division, Sixth army corps
In April, 1863 DR.. Chamberlain was
commissioned surgeon of the United
States volunteers, and soon after as
sumed charge of the general hospital
of the third division, Sixth corps. Dur
ing the campaign in Pennsylvania, he
had the same position as surgeon in
charge Of that division hospital which,
after the army was mobilized, was
called The ambulance hospital" and
retained 1t until after the battle of
Gettysburg His hospital, which was
in the immediate rear during the bat
tie, received the wounded from the va
rious field stations, and after the vic
tory was gained the wounded soldiers
of the Sixth corps were collected in one
hospital and DR.. Chamberlain put in
charge of them. Later, to him was as
signed the duty of constructing and
organizing a general hospital at Get
tysburg.
His next field of action was the
charge of the South street United
States army hospital in Philadelphia
where he served until February, 1864
There he was made medical inspector
of the First army corps, under General
Newton, and in the spring of the same
year was appointed surgeon-in -chief OF
division Of the Fifth army corps.
In July, 1854, he accepted the posi-
tion of surgeon-in-chie of the Dale
general hospital, ABOUT to be located al
Worcester. This hospital he himself
named for his intimate friend, Gen
Dale. The library in the hospital also
was named by him, Charles Lowell Put.
nam, in memory of Lieut. Putnam, 8
nephew of James Russell Lowell, who
had lost his life for his country. There
DR.. Chamberlain remained until Octo.
Der, 1865, when he was retired from the
United States service with the ranl
of lieutenant colonel "for faithful and
meritorious service"
Dr. Chamberlain, upon leaving Wor.
cester, took UP his residence in Law.
renee. In medical science his interest
was constant. He was the originator
of the Lawrence Medical Club, a coun.
cilor Of the Massachusetts Medical So.
ciety, and was for two years president
of the Essex North District Medica
Society. He was also for many years
a member of the board of United States
pension examiners in Lawrence. He
was prominently identified with all the
interests of Lawrence until a few years
ago, when he retired from active pro.
fessional life and took up his residence
in Andover.
In accordance with his expressed
wishes, his funeral was marked by ex.
treme simplicity. The services, con.
Quoted by Prof. John Wesley Churchill
of Andover took place at his house ii
the midst of intimate friends and a few
members of his profession and tn,
Loyal Legion, who came to do hin
honor. In the family lot at Bellevue
cemetery in Lawrence, he was laid Il
rest, Prof Churchill reading at th,
grave the commitment service.