5/30/2023 0 Comments Bullet Strike BattlegroundsWarren reported that Chamberlain, already “recommended for promotion for gallant and efficient conduct on previous occasions,” had asked for that promotion “before he dies for the gratification of his family and friends.” Ulysses S. Meade a day later, V Corps commander Maj. Let me lay out the evidence.Īfter a ricocheting bullet punched through Chamberlain’s groin at Petersburg on Saturday, June 18, 1864, examining physicians deemed the wound mortal and Chamberlain destined to die. Is the document genuine or a forgery? (Brian F. Chamberlain’s promotion to brigadier general. The Brewer (Maine) Public Library owns a copy of the Senate resolution confirming Joshua L. I assumed that the document was a reprint, likely dating to a Civil War Centennial-related event held in Brewer. The document could be genuine, a facsimile, or a forgery.Īfter inviting me to speak in October about Chamberlain’s battlefield promotion, Library Director Darren French asked me to examine the document a few weeks prior to my program. Chamberlain, of the Twentieth Maine Volunteers” to brigadier general. F or at least 50- 60 years the Brewer (Maine) Public Library has owned a framed document, a copy of the Senate resolution confirming the promotion of “Colonel Joshua L.
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