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Joshua Chamberlain Doc Signed with Rank Re: Fellow
Joshua Chamberlain Doc Signed with Rank Re: Fellow
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Joshua Chamberlain Doc Signed with Rank Regarding Fellow Civil War Veteran & Maine Lawmaker

1p document signed by Joshua Chamberlain (1828-1914), ex-Union General, as "Joshua L. Chamberlain / Maj Genl" in a docket section verso. Also inscribed by Chamberlain in the same area as "Sept 27 1872 / Recd + forwarded". Issued from Augusta, Maine on September 24, 1872. The partly handwritten and partly printed document features the Maine state logo and an embossed "State of Maine Adjutant General's Office" seal at upper left. Expected folds, including some with minor closed tears or chips. Scattered stains. Else very good. 13.75" x 8.5".

This document requesting the honorable discharge of "Captain Joseph T. Woodward of the Capitol Guards … of [the] Maine Volunteer Militia" was registered in Vol. 6, No. 3544.

Joshua Chamberlain's adept leadership of a Maine regiment at Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg earned him a Medal of Honor. Chamberlain's forces repelled repeated Confederate attacks, and engaged in a dramatic down-hill bayonet charge which forced the enemy's retreat. After the Civil War, Chamberlain served as the 32nd Governor of Maine (1867-1871). When he signed this document, Chamberlain was a year into his 12-year-long tenure as president of his alma mater, Bowdoin College, and he was also involved in the state militia.

Joseph T. Woodward (born 1838) served as the Adjutant General of the 21st Maine Infantry Regiment during the Civil War until he was invalided in 1863. Besides serving in the state legislature, Woodward wrote the Historic Record and Complete Biographic Roster, 21st Me. Vols. with Reunion Records of the 21st Maine Regimental Association, by Adj't Jos. T. Woodward, Sec'y and Historian of the Association (1907). He was later appointed State Librarian by then Governor Joshua Chamberlain.

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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