This biography is far from comprehensive or complete. For a truly in depth biography, I would recommend a trip to the Bibliography page and a perusal of any of the outstanding books listed there. Eventually I plan on having links to pages containing more specific information about Chamberlain's military career and specific battles, but for now this will have to do.
September 8, 1828 ~ Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain is born in Brewer, Maine
February 1848 ~ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain enters Bowdoin College
1852 ~ Chamberlain graduates from Bowdoin College & enters Bangor Theological Seminary
December 7, 1855 ~ Chamberlain marries Frances Caroline Adams
October 16, 1856 ~ Grace Dupee Chamberlain is born
October 10, 1858 ~ Harold Wyllys Chamberlain is born
August 8, 1862 ~ Chamberlain is commissioned Lt Colonel of the 20th Maine Volunteers
September 17, 1862 ~ Battle of Antietam
December 13 & 14, 1862 ~ Battle of Fredericksburg
May 2, 1863 ~ Battle of Chancellorsville
June 23, 1863 ~ Chamberlain is promoted to full colonel and takes command of the 20th Maine
July 1, 2 & 3, 1863 ~ Battle of Gettysburg
August 24, 1863 ~ Chamberlain is posted to command of the Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps
May 4, 1864 ~ U.S. Grant begins his campaign
June 6, 1864 ~ Chamberlain takes command of the First Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps
June 15, 1864 ~ The Army of the Potomac arrives at Petersburg, Virginia
June 18, 1864 ~ Chamberlain is grievously wounded fighting at Rives Salient, outside of Petersburg
June 20, 1864 ~ Grant issues Chamberlain a field promotion to Brigadier General, for "...gallant conduct in leading his brigade against the enemy at Petersburg..."
November 19, 1864 ~ Chamberlain returns to his command
March 29, 1865 ~ The final campaign against the Confederacy begins; Chamberlain and the First Brigade are in action on the Quaker Road
March 31 & April 1, 1865 ~ White Oak Road to Five Forks
April 9, 1865 ~ Robert E. Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House
April 12, 1865 ~ Chamberlain commands at the official surrender ceremony
1867 - 1870 ~ Chamberlain serves as governor of Maine
1871 ~ Chamberlain becomes President of Bowdoin College. He would eventually teach every subject in the curriculum except mathematics.
1894 ~ Chamberlain is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism at Little Round Top on July 2, 1863
October 18, 1905 ~ Frances Caroline Adams Chamberlain dies
February 24, 1914 ~ Chamberlain dies in his home
1915 ~ The Passing Of The Armies, Chamberlain's account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac, is published posthumously
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