Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1000
Subjects: Correspondence; Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863; United States. Army. Corps, 5th (1862-1865); United States. Army of the Potomac; United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865). Company G.; United States; Militia; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Rosamond Allen and Eleanor W. Allen, 1938-1956.

Union Army officer, educator, and governor of Maine.

Collection material in English.

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