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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Born

in Brewer, Maine, The United States

September 08, 1828

Died

March 24, 1914

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, History

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Chamberlain was a college professor at Bowdoin College before the U.S. Civil War. When the faculty refused him permission for a leave of absense so that he could enlist he took a sabbatical and enlisted anyway.

He played a Key role in the Battle of Gettysburg as depicted in Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel about Gettysburg, The Killer Angels, and the movie based on that novel, Gettysburg (in which Chamberlain was played by actor Jeff Daniels, who repeated that role in the Gods and Generals prequel).

Chamberlain was later seriously wounded in the war and was propted to General but survived and went on to become governor of Maine and President of Bowdoin College where he was proud to say that he eventually taught every ...more

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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s books

Average rating: 4.19 · 2,155 ratings · 138 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Passing of Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac 4.13 avg rating — 1,021 ratings — published 1914 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Appomattox: The Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia 4.23 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 1906 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through Blood and Fire at Gettysburg: General Joshua L. Chamberlain and the 20th Main 4.12 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 1994 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bayonet! Forward: My Civil War Reminiscences 4.29 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Report of Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain, Twentieth Maine Infantry. 4.36 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grand Old Man of Maine: Selected Letters, 1865-1914 by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Jeremiah E. Goulka (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Autobiograhy of Joshua Chamberlain (The Writings of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Book 1) by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Thomas A. Desjardin (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blessed Boyhood! The 'Early Memoir' of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Thomas A. Desjardin, David K. Thomson 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abraham Lincoln seen from the field in the war for the Union 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1909 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Joshua Chamberlain's Account of the Battle of Gettysburg by Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Charles River Editors it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In great deeds, something abides. On great fields, something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls… generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to ponder and dream; and lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their souls.”
― Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

tags: remembrance, visions, war

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“It is something great and greatening to cherish an ideal; to act in the light of truth that is far-away and far above; to set aside the near advantage, the momentary pleasure; the snatching of seeming good to self; and to act for remoter ends, for higher good, and for interests other than our own.”
― Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

tags: civil-war, inspirational

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“There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty and honor and love immortal things bid the mortal perish. It is only when a man supremely gives that he supremely finds”
― Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

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