| Date |
Location |
Contents |
| September 24, 1861 |
Bowdoin College |
Chamberlain to Governor - recommends Walter S. Poor for an officer's commission. 1 page. |
| July 14, 1862 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Governor Washburn - offers his services and requests commission. 2 pages. "I have always been interested in military matters, and what I do not know in that line, I know how to learn." |
| July 17, 1862 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Governor Washburn - acknowledges not from Washburn, confirms appointment to see him in Augusta. 2 pages. |
| July 17, 1862 |
Brunswick |
John D. Lincoln to Governor - recommends Chamberlain for a suitable position. 2 pages. "I need not tell you that the prof is a gentleman and scholar but let me say that he is a man of energy and sense." |
| July 21, 1862 |
Portland |
Drummond to Governor - Chamberlain not a suitable candidate for commission. 3 pages. "Private. Have you appointed Chamberlain Colonel of the 20th? His old classmates, etc. here say you have been deceived: that C is nothing at all: that is the universal expression of those who know him." |
| July 22, 1862 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Governor - regarding premature rumors about his possible commission to command a new regiment.. 2 pages. "I beg your excellency to understand that these mortifying reports did not come from me." |
| July 23, 1862 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to "To whom it may conern" - recommends Charles Bennett, a Bowdoin sophmore for a commission. 1 page.. |
| August 8, 1862 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Governor - states his Bowdoin College faculty colleagues are against his going and Chamberlain wishes the Governor to ignore them. 3 pages. "But I feel that I must go & I trust that the representations they propose to make to induce you to withhold my commission will have no more weitht with you than with me." |
| August 8, 1862 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Governor - accepts the commission. 1 page. |
| August 15, 1862 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Colonel Eugene Hale, Aid-de-Camp - makes recommendations of his brother Thomas Chamberlain and others for commissions. 3 pages. |
| August 15, 1862 |
Portland |
Chamberlain to not addressed - recommends A.N. Linscott. 1 page. |
| August 25, 1862 |
Camp Mason |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - cover letter for receipts. 1 page. |
| November 16, 1862 |
Camp of the 20th Reg't Maine Vols. near Warrington, Va. |
Chamberlain and Gilmore to Governor recommending A. Ames for Brig. Gen. 1 page. |
| December 20, 1862 |
20th Hd. Qrs. 20th Regt. Me. Vols. Camp in Falmouth, Va. |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - routine correspondence. 1 page. |
| February 26, 1863 |
Head Quarters 20th Maine Vols. |
Chamberlain to Governor - re promotions within the regiment. 3 pages. |
| May 18, 1863 |
Head Quarters 20th Me. |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - cover letter for returns. 1 page. |
| May 21, 1863 |
Head Qrs. 20th Maine Vols. Camp near Falmouth, Va. |
Chamberlain to Brig. Gen. L. Thomas re 2nd Lt. Mattson C. Sanborn. 2 pages. |
| May 24, 1863 |
Camp near Falmouth, Va. |
Brig. Gen. Ames to Governor Coburn - recommends Chamberlain to succeed him as Colonel of the 20th. 2 pages. |
| May 25, 1863 |
Head Quarters 20th Maine Volunteers |
Chamberlain to Coburn - discusses regimental promotions, other regimental matters, and the mutineers transferred from the 2nd. 4 pages. "You are aware, Governor, that promises were made to induce these men to enlist, which are not now kept, & I must say that I sympathize with them in their view of the case." |
| May 26, 1863 |
Head Qrs. 20th Maine Vols. |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - re 2nd Lt. Sanborn. 1 page. |
| May 27, 1863 |
Head Quarters 20th Maine |
Chamberlain to Coburn - re the regimental surgeons and the men of the 2nd Regiment. 3 pages. "The men of the 2nd are quite unhappy, still feeling that great injustice has been done them..." |
| May 28, 1863 |
Foxcroft |
John H. Rice to Governor - recommends Chamberlain as Col. in the 20th. 2 pages. |
| July 6, 1863 |
Head Quarters 20th Maine Vols. Field near Gettysburg, Pa. |
Chamberlain to Brigade Headquarters - Battle Report. 8 pages. "In the midst of this struggle, our ammunition utterly failed ... As a last, desperate resort, I ordered a charge. The word 'fix bayonets' flew from man to man. The click of the steel seemed to give new zeal to all. The men dashed forward with a shout." |
| July 6, 1863 |
Field near Emmitsburg |
Chamberlain to AAAG Third Brigade. From Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. |
| July 11, 1863 |
Hd. Qrs 20 Maine Vols. Field near Hagerstown |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - belatedly acknowledges promotion as Colonel of the 20th and the regiment's participation in several battles. 2 pages. "We have been sometimes three weeks without a mail & our baggage and papers have not been up with us for nearly a month." |
| July 13, 1863 |
Field near Hagerstown |
Return of Casualties in 20th at Gettysburg and Sharpsburg Pike. 8 pages. |
| July 17, 1863 |
Head Quarters 20th Me. Camp near Berlin, Md. |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - cover letter for monthly returns. 1 page. |
| July 21, 1863 |
Head Quarters 20th Maine Vols. In the Field |
Chamberlain to Coburn - re actions of the 20th at Gettysburg, Lt. Col. Gilmore, and the lack of medical staff. 4 pages. "Our toilsome & hurried marches broke down a great many and I have had to be surgeon & father as well as Colonel." |
| July 29, 1863 |
Hd. Qrs 20th Maine Vols. Warrenton |
Chamberlain to Coburn - re Verano G. Bryant and the fact the regiment is below minimum count for men. 2 pages. |
| August 7, 1863 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Coburn - reports on the death of Captain Billings and Lieut. Linscott, discusses regimental matters, and his health. 3 pages. "I am at home a few days having been ordered north on account of my health." |
| August 25, 1863 |
Head Quarters 20th Maine Vols. Beverly Ford, Va. |
Chamberlain to Coburn - recommends various individuals for promotions within the regiment and announces his assignment to command the 3rd Brigade, V Amry Corps. 3 pages. "I regret being thus obliged to leave even temporarily the noble Regiment with which I have shared so many hardships & perils, & not a few honors too; but I shall have it still under my eye, & in my care, & shall spare no effort to maintain its high & deserved reputation." |
| August 31, 1863 |
Head Quarters 3rd Brigade, 1st Div., 5th Corps. Camp at Beverly Ford, Va. |
Chamberlain to Coburn - recommends Lt. Adelbert B. Twitchell of the 5th Battery for promotion. 1 page. |
| September 1, 1863 |
Head-Quarters 1st Brigade, 1st Div. 5th Corps A.P. |
Brig. Gen. Barnes to Chamberlain in praise of his service at Gettysburg. 2 pages. |
| September 8, 1863 |
Army of the Potomac, 1st Div., 1st Corps. |
James C. Rice to Fessenden - writes in glowing terms re Chamberlain. 3 pages. "...he has greatly distinguished shimself for the skillful disposition of his command and for his personal bravery." |
| September 19, 1863 |
Head Qrs 3rd Brig., 1st. Div., near Cedar Mountain |
Chamberlain to Coburn - discusses candidates for regimental surgeon; other regimental matters including 2nd Maine transfers and possible trouble with drafted conscripts.. 4 pages. "I trust we can manage them with enough skill and prudence to save them from desertion and its inevitable consequence -- shooting. I don't want any of that business with Maine men." |
| October 7, 1863 |
Division Headquarters |
Mervine to Colonel - a cover letter from Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin to General S. Williams recommending Chamberlain for promotion. 1 page. "As the enclosed is the first endorsement of the kind Gen'l Griffin has ever made, I cannot resist sending it to you 'sub rosa'." |
| October 7, 1863 |
Head Qrs. 1st Division 5th Corps. Camp near Culpepper, Va. |
Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin to Gen. Seth Williams - recommends Chamberlain for promotion to rank of Brig. Gen. 2 pages. |
| October 8, 1863 |
Head Quarters 20th Maine Vols. 3rd Brig., 1st. Div., 5 Corps. Army of the Potomac, near Culpepper, Va. |
Gilmore to Governor - cover letter for letters of recommendation for Chamberlain. 2 pages. |
| October 28, 1863 |
Head Quarters 3rd Brigade, 1st Divis., 5th Corps. Auburn |
Chamberlain to Coburn - about regimental surgeons and frank discussion of reasons for no promotion for Lt. Nichols "I gave him a strong commendation for cavalry service in the belief that a new sphere of duty might give him a better opportunity to reform & with the conviction that his peculiar dash & fearlessness fitted him for that arm of service." |
| November 4, 1863 |
Head Qrs 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - cover letter forwarding his official Gettysburg report of July 6. 3pages. |
| March 10, 1864 |
Washington, DC |
Chamberlain to Cony- recommends Lt. James H. Nichols for appointment in a Cavalry regiment. 1 page. |
| March 31, 1864 |
Brunswick |
T.M. Given to Cony - cover letter for letter written to Cony by Chamberlain recommending Thomas M. Given for lieutenancy. 2 letters. |
| April 25, 1864 |
Trenton, New Jersey General Court Martial |
Chamberlain to Cony - re Chaplain for the 20th. 1 page. |
| May 18, 1864 |
Before Spottsylvania C. H. |
Chamberlain to Cony - recommending certain officers for promotion; discusses recent regimental activities and his pleasure at being relieved from court martial duty. 4 pages. "I write this as we are lying in line of battle behind our rifle-pit works not more than 600 or 800 yards from the enemy's works." |
| July 5, 1864 |
General Court Martial Rooms. 467 14th Street, Washington, D.C. |
Charles D. Gilmore to Hodsdon describing Chamberlain's wound, his promotion to Brig. Gen., his merit as a soldier and the names of the men Chamberlain recommends for promotion. 3 pages. "His wound is a very severe one and a very dangerous one, and the surgeons are by no means certain of saving his life." |
| July 22, 1864 |
Annapolis |
John C. Chamberlain to General Hodsdon - thanks Hodsdon for helping him to reach his brother and describes Chamberlain's condition. 3 pages. |
| August 31, 1864 |
US General Hospital Annapolis, Md. |
Chamberlain to Cony - recommends Captain P.M. Fogler, writes of his recovery and the upcoming national election. 4 pages. "I long to be in the field again doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars." |
| September 22, 1864 |
Officer's Hospital at Annapolis, Md. |
Chamberlain to Cony- recommends Captain A.B. Twitchell of the 7th Battery. 2 pages. |
| August, 1865 |
Washington, DC |
to Hodsdon - a printed notification of a history being prepared on the 5th Corps and requests that recollections be addressed to Chamberlain at Brunswick. |
| November 11, 1865 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - re request for materials on histories. 2 pages. |
| November 14, 1865 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - re information for histories. 1 page. |
| December 1, 1865 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - re report he sent to Hodsdon. 1 page. |
| December 6, 1865 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - re his time in the regiment. 2 pages. |
| November 29, 1866 |
Brunswick |
Chamberlain to Hodsdon - thanks Hodsdon for services rendered. 1 page. |
