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SOUL Remark A LION:
A BIOGRAPHY Funding GENERAL Josue L. CHAMBERLAIN
By Willard M. Wallace
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Soul of the Lion: A Biography of General Joshua L. Chamberlain
Soul of the Lion fills the last big gap in Civil War biography. It is extraordinary that no previous life of General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the hero of Little Round Top at Gettysburg, has preciously appeared, for Chamberlain was a truly great fighting general. There are many who hold that Chamberlains' defense of Little Round Top turned the tide at Gettysburg and thus saved the Union. Chamberlain was born a soldier but he planned originally to be a missionary. A graduate of Bangor Theological Seminary, he was an instructor in religion at Bowdoin College when the Civil War broke out and he discovered his true vocation. His career was one of exceptional gallantry. He was an officer always in the thick of battle. Fourteen horses were shot under him, and finally he was terribly wounded, yet recovered to fight in the closing campaigns of the War. He was designated to receive the surrender of the Confederate infantry after the Appomattox meeting of Grant and Lee, and he played the role with magnanimity. Chamberlain's peacetime career was no less notable. Four times he was elected Governor of the State of Maine, and ha made a good governor. Then he became president of Bowdoin College and instituted there a prog
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Joshua Chamberlain
Union Army general and Medal of Honor recipient
Joshua L. Chamberlain | |
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Chamberlain in the s | |
| In office January 2, – January 4, | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Cony |
| Succeeded by | Sidney Perham |
| In office – | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Harris |
| Succeeded by | William De Witt Hyde |
| Born | Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain ()September 8, Brewer, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | February 24, () (aged85) Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Resting place | Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Fanny Chamberlain (m.; died) |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence | Brunswick, Maine |
| Alma mater | Bowdoin College |
| Profession | Professor, Soldier |
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| Nickname(s) | "Lion of the Round Top" "Bloody Chamberlain" |
| Allegiance | United States (Union) |
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| Yearsof service | – |
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| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Medal of Honor |
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (born Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, September 8, February 24, )[1][2] was an American college professor and politician from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. He became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the ra