Scope and Content Note
The papers of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914) span the years 1775-1913, with the bulk from 1828 to 1913. The collection consists of correspondence, biographical notes, record books, military reports, speeches, accounts of engagements of the Army of the Potomac, and other material mostly concerning the Civil War. Included are reports of Company G, 20th Maine Volunteers, and Chamberlain's account of the battle of Gettysburg. There are letters relating to the state militia in Maine, military reunions, and data for a history of the 5th United States Army Corps in which Chamberlain served as a colonel of the 20th Maine Regiment.
Prominent correspondents include John Marshall Brown, Henry S. Burrage, Selden Connor, Charles Hamlin, O. O. Howard, Carswell McClellan, Horace Binney Sargent, William Henry Seward, Gouverneur Kemble Warren, and Cyrus Woodman.