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	Joshua Chamberlain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (8 September 1828 – 24 February 1914) was a college professor who joined the Union Army without the benefit of any formal military education, and became a highly respected and decorated Union officer during the American Civil War, reaching the rank of brigadier general (and brevet major general).
		One of Chamberlain's younger brothers, Thomas Chamberlain, was also an officer of the 20th Maine, and another, John Chamberlain, traveled with the regiment as a member of the Christian Commission until appointed as a chaplain in another Maine Volunteer regiment.
		Chamberlain died of his lingering wartime wounds in 1914 at Portland, Maine, age 85, and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joshua_Chamberlain (1764 words)

	Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914)
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (September 8, 1828 - February 24, 1914) was a college professor and a highly-respected officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War, reaching the rank of major general.
		Chamberlain was responsible for one of the most poignant scenes of the Civil War at the April 1865 surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House.
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain died of his lingering wartime wounds in 1914 at Portland, Maine, and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/chamberlain.html (1172 words)

	Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born in Brewer, Maine, the eldest of five children.
		Always a chivalrous man, Chamberlain had his men salute the defeated Confederates as they marched by, evidence of his admiration of their valor and of Grant's wish to encourage the rebel armies still in the field to accept the peace.
		Chamberlain won the "Drill Rebellion of 1874" in the short run -- he threatened to expel the students unless they agreed to submit -- but he lost the support of the college's Governing Boards, and drill was soon eliminated.
	www.us-civilwar.com /chamberlain.htm (1028 words)

	Gett Kidz- Joshua L.Chamberlain
		The oldest of five children, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born September 8, 1828 in Brewer, Maine, a small farming and ship-building community.
		At the outbreak of the war, Chamberlain felt strongly on the subject of the Union and was keenly aware of the circumstances of a divided nation.
		In 1864, Colonel Chamberlain was appointed to command a brigade in the 1st Division of the 5th Corps.
	www.nps.gov /gett/gettkidz/gkbios/chamberlain.htm (1041 words)

	Chamberlain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chamberlain had decided what “acquirements” he would seek to develop in himself—intelligence, thoughtfulness, conscientiousness, rightmindedness, patience, fortitude, long-suffering and unconquerable resolve.
		Chamberlain challenges modern military leaders to demonstrate physical courage in fulfilling the mission while at the same time to consciously care for the welfare of those they lead.
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s Christianity produced the changeless core of a Christlike character—the firm, seasoned substance of soul.
	www.milmin.com /resources/leadership/Chamberlain.htm (2202 words)

	Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in Bronze
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a professor at Bowdoin College in Maine at the outbreak of the Civil War, and enlisted in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry where he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel.
		As the Southerners began what was to be their final charge Chamberlain ordered the 20th to charge down the hill in a gate-like fashion and swept the Rebels from that part of the field.
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlan served with distinction throughout the Civil War, and was so severely wounded at Petersburg that his obituary appeared in the newspaper.
	southwoodsculpture.tripod.com /bronzechamberlain.htm (426 words)

	Bio of Joshua L. Chamberlain
		Chamberlain was Professor of Rhetoric at Bowdoin, from 1856 to 1862, and Instructor in Modem Languages in 1857.
		General Chamberlain was engaged in more than twenty battles, and was in nearly all of the hardest fought battles of the war.
		General Chamberlain is everywhere regarded as one of the bravest and most gallant soldiers of the war, and General Grant, by voice and pen, on several occasions recognized his great service to the cause of the Union by public commendation and by granting the promotion that had been so well earned.
	history.rays-place.com /bios/maine/chamberlain-j.htm (739 words)

	Joshua Chamberlain returns to Brunswick
		Chamberlain was born in 1828 in Brewer, where he spent most of his youth until enrolling at Bowdoin College.
		Chamberlain, who died in 1914, is buried at Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, near the Bowdoin campus.
		The statue, which has a green patina, shows a serious-looking Chamberlain wearing his sword and general's uniform, reaching out with his right hand in such a way that it looks as though he might be teaching a class or giving instructions to his men.
	travel.mainetoday.com /news/030519chamberlain.shtml (842 words)

	Colonel Joshua Chamberlain & the 20th Maine at Gettysburg
		Chamberlain proved to be an excellent student and entered Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1848 where he excelled in his studies and also met his future bride, Fannie Adams.
		Chamberlain's brief speech and his pledge to plead their case caused all but a handful to take arms and join the ranks of the 20th for the coming battle.
		Chamberlain returned to peaceful pursuits in Maine after the war and was elected governor of the state.
	www.nps.gov /gett/getttour/sidebar/chambln.htm (1843 words)

	The Biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
		Tom, the youngest of the Chamberlain's, was appointed a non-commissioned sergeant.
		Chamberlain decided to pursue a political career, and in September 1866 was elected governor of Maine by the largest majority in the state's history.
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain would be buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, Maine, but the memory of this gallant soldier and citizen would live on in his words, memoirs of fellow soldiers and friends, and in the works of historians.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Aegean/6732/files/jlc1.html (3389 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - Battle of Gettysburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born on September 8th, 1828 in Brewer, Maine, the first born of Joshua Chamberlain Jr.
		Chamberlain countered by ordering a “refusal of the line,” a complicated maneuver where the men of the 20th extended their line to twice it’s original length and formed the left wing of the regiment at a right angle to their front as a further defense against a flanking attack.
		Chamberlain’s skill and bravery had earned him the respect and loyalty of his men but he was also remembered as a humble man who paid great care to his brigade’s wounded and ill and shared the same harsh conditions and risks as they did.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /gettysburg/articles/chamberlain1.aspx (5047 words)

	Military.com Content
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is best known for his leadership in a victory and his gallantry at a surrender.
		Chamberlain ordered his men to "carry arms" as a show of respect to their defeated foes.
		Chamberlain lived 50 more years, his career and life encompassing four terms as governor of Maine and a famously devoted relationship with his wife Frances.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent1/?file=cvw_g_chamberlain (537 words)

	Joshua Chamberlain: Professor, Soldier, and Statesman
		Joshua Chamberlain, who was born in the small town of Brewer, Maine on September 8, 1828, became noteworthy because of all of the qualities listed above.
		Chamberlain was a member of the Republican Party, but because of his independent and unpredictable nature, he was not considered an “insider” in the party.
		Chamberlain managed to start a new college, the State’s land grand university (now the University of Maine), and also encouraged investment, development, and settlement of the State of Maine.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/maine_people/102314 (529 words)

	Joshua Chamberlain
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born in Brewer Maine on September 8, 1828.
		Chamberlain had just enough time to place his men into position along a ledge on the Southern slope of the hill.
		Chamberlain took part in the Appomattox Campaign and was given the honor of commanding the troops that formally accepted the surrender of the Confederate Army.
	www.paulmartinart.com /JoshuaChamberlain.html (639 words)

	Maine Secretary of State Kid's Page - Famous People
		General Chamberlain was born in Brewer, Maine in 1828.
		As a lieutenant colonel, Chamberlain distinguished himself in the Battle of Gettysburg by successfully turning back confederate attacks on Little Round Top, an accomplishment for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
		Chamberlain is also famous for being chosen by Union General Ulysses Grant to receive the formal surrender of weapons and colors of Lee's Army of the Northern Virginia at the Appomattox Court House.
	www.state.me.us /sos/kids/allabout/people/j_chamberlain.htm (156 words)

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		Joshua, being fluent in nine languages, that being Greek, French, German, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Syriac, and Latin; he was elected to the chair of modern languages at Bowdoin, prior to 1861.
		Chamberlains' outstanding leadership became apparent almost from the beginning, where at Fredericksburg, on the slopes of Marye's Heights, he and his men were subjected to relentless Rebel fire for hours, into the cold night, but they held their ground.
		Chamberlain then went on to serve four terms as the governor of Maine from 1866-1870, and then was president of Bowdoin College from 1870 to 1883.
	www.aboutfamouspeople.com /article1157.html (1853 words)

	After Action Report
		Joshua L. Chamberlain was born in Brewer, Maine, September 8, 1828.
		The manner in which Chamberlain handled the surrender, by saluting the Southern "comrades-in-arms," is still cause for respect of Chamberlain in the South.
		Chamberlain went on to be a popular four term Governor of Maine, a visionary President of Bowdoin College, a Railroad President and much sought-after public speaker.
	cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Chamberlain/CHAMBERLAIN.asp (1922 words)

	Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
		At the battle of Gettysburg the regiment, now commanded by Chamberlain, held the extreme left flank on Little Round Top, a service for which he was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
		Assigned to brigade command in June, only to fall wounded 12 days later in the assault on Petersburg, he was promoted to brigadier general on the spot by General Grant, then carried to the rear, where a surgeon declared that he would certainly die from the wound.
		Fifty years later Chamberlain succumbed to its effects.) Rejoining the army in November, he was forced by his wound to return to Maine, but he came back again during the Petersburg siege during which he was wounded for the fourth time.
	www.joshualawrencechamberlain.net (307 words)

	Charging into History: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at Gettysburg, Part IV
		Chamberlain proved himself on several occasions during the war, at Gettysburg and elsewhere.
		Faced with this situation, Chamberlain did what people always do when trying to preserve their sanity in the midst of a living nightmare - he found a way to cope with it.
		As LaFantasie has shown us, Chamberlain's method of coping was to look the reality of warfare squarely in the face, see it for what it truly was, and yet somehow, at the same time, see something more noble.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/civil_war/117540/3 (526 words)

	What can Joshua Chamberlain teach us?
		One of the heroes who preserved the Union during the Civil War was from Maine: Joshua Chamberlain rose to the occasion and showed amazing leadership skills during the battle at Little Round Top at Gettysburg, where he earned a Congressional Medal of Honor.
		Chamberlain proved to be one of those rare leaders who possessed most of the qualities essential for effective leadership: caring, the ability to inspire, intelligence, perseverance, courage for taking risks, excellent communication, flexibility, empathy, setting a vision and reinforcing it, continuously learning.
		When Chamberlain learned that the Confederate army was going to attack the Union army within 10 minutes and that he had been asked to fight from Little Round Top, Chamberlain told the mutineers that there was an urgent need for soldiers.
	business.mainetoday.com /yourbusiness/040507ashok.shtml (835 words)

	Power Line: Remembering Joshua Chamberlain
		Joshua Chamberlain was of course one of the men who were instrumental in saving the Union at Gettysburg.
		Chamberlain (who usually went by his middle name, Lawrence) was one of those astonishing personalities in which, for some reason, the 19th century abounded.
		Chamberlain was widely regarded as the toughest man in the Union Army.
	powerlineblog.com /archives/003403.php (351 words)

	Hero of Little Round Top
		Chamberlain would rise to brigadier general, survive four battle wounds, officially receive the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox and enjoy postwar prominence as governor of Maine.
		It is also believed that Chamberlain had left his pistols in holsters on his saddle when the horse was taken to the rear.
		Both are described as "well tested in the Civil War" and "quite used to their business." Chamberlain's saddle, which is in the collection of the Pejepscot Historical Society, does not have holsters so it is unlikely that he left his revolver with his saddle.
	www.americanmastersgallery.com /herolittlernd.html (871 words)

	Joshua Chamberlain
		Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was in command of the 20th Maine Infantry, V Corps, on 2 July 1863.
		As the Confederates were being pursued, a portion of the 20th Maine, Company "B", which had been sent forward earlier by Chamberlain, along with some of Berdan's U. Sharpshooters from Daniel Sickles' III Corps, who had fallen back from defending Big Round Top, opened up on the flank of the Alabamians, adding to their confusion.
		Ulysses S. Grant, thinking Chamberlain was dying, and wanting to honor a gallant officer, promoted him on the spot to brigadier general.
	schwartz.eng.auburn.edu /ACW/lrtmap.docs/chamberlain.html (572 words)

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