Major General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN
Born: September 8, 1828 in Brewer, Maine
Died: February 24, 1914 in Portland, Maine
Died: February 24, 1914 in Portland, Maine
JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN (1828-1914), formerly a college professor, commanded the 20th Maine regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg, where he held the extreme left flank on Little Round Top, a service for which he was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Assigned to brigade command in June 1864, he was wounded 12 days later in the assault on Petersburg. Chamberlain was promoted to Brigadier General on the spot by General Grant, and then carried to the rear, where a surgeon declared that he would certainly die from the wound; he did, 50 years later. At Appomattox, Chamberlain was given the honor of commanding the troops that formally accepted the surrender of the Confederate Army. (He ordered a salute to the defeated Confederate troops as they filed past, a gesture much appreciated in the South but used against him later by political foes in Maine.) After the war he served as Governor of Maine (1866-1870) and President of Bowdoin College (1871-1883). Chamberlain, a great success as a soldier, scholar and statesman, proved a poor businessman. His investment in Florida railroads and hotels proved unsuccessful. In 1914, the wound received at Petersburg in 1864 finally claimed his life, making him the last Civil War veteran to die from his war wounds. Chamberlain is lionized in the historical novel The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara, and in the film Gettysburg, based on it.
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER DOUBLE SIGNED 08/19/1894 - HFSID 309245JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN As president of an artists' institute, he writes a professor about two students and about the school's future. Autograph Letter Double signed: "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain", 4 pages, 5x8. Also initialed "J. L. C." at the end of a footnote. read more...Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN Four-page invitation for a trip on his yacht, eloquently describing the joys of the Maine coast Autograph Letter signed: "Joshua L Chamberlain", 4 pages (integral leaf), 10¼x7¾ Open flat, 5¼x7¾ folded. Brunswick, Maine, 1895 August 2. To "Dear Mr. read more...Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN Letter recommending employment of an art student, and discussing the future of the Stinson Institute for Artist-Artisans, which Chamberlain served as President for in the 1890s. Autograph Letter signed: "J. L Chamberlain", 2 pages (front and verso), 5x8. Brunswick, Maine, 1894 August 30. read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN Four-page letter strongly supporting an art student's hopes of joining a New York company Autograph Letter signed: "J. L Chamberlain", 4 pages (integral leaf), 9¾x8 Open flat, 5x8 Folded. Brunswick, Maine, 1894 September 15. To "Dear Mr. read more...Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN He signs a handwritten 1871 letter responding to a bill for nautical equipment, complaining that some of it was faulty. ALS: "J L. Chamberlain", 2 pages, 5x8. Brunswick, Maine, 1871 September 23. To C.S. Donnelly, Esq. read more...Sale Price $3,612.50
$4,250.00
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JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN As Governor of Maine (1868), he solicits agricultural statistics to include in an upcoming speech. ALS: "J.L. Chamberlain" as Governor of Maine, 1 page, 5x8. Brunswick, 1868 September 26. To S.L. Goodale Esq. read more...Sale Price $2,380.00
$2,800.00
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain wrote this letter in 1890, saying that he couldn't speak out on a tariff, but adding that Massachusetts "has well enough rebuked the rash & headstrong extremists of the Republican party". read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN The highly-decorated Union officer pens this letter to a Judge Whitehouse in which he states that friendship is more important to him than any official title Autograph Letter signed: "Joshua L. read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN He signs an autograph 1883 note on a postcard, arranging to meet someone at the depot. ANS: "J.L. Chamberlain," 1 page, 5x3. No place, 1883 February 7. On verso of U.S. penny postcard addressed by another hand to: "J.L.M. Willis/Eliot/Maine." In full: "Eliot Depot 2. read more...Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN Check to a local stonecutter. Partly Printed Check signed: "J.L. Chamberlain", 7x2¾. Brunswick, Me., 1867 October 12. Drawn on the First National Bank of Brunswick. Payable to D.M. Melcher for $65.00. Affixed at left is a 2-cent U.S. Internal Revenue stamp picturing Washington. read more...Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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Chamberlain handwrote, signed and dated this letter in 1892 as president of the Florida West Coast Improvement Company "constructing the Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad". Accompanied by unsigned b/w photograph of Chamberlain. read more...Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN Stock Certificate of the Ocala and Silver Springs Company, signed by Chamberlain as company President in 1892. Stock Certificate signed: "Joshua L. Chamberlain" as President, 11¾x9½. $10 common stock certificate issued to W. L. Perham on March 7, 1892. read more...Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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Writing 25 years after the Battle of Gettysburg, the hero of Little Round Top gives a judicious but convincing answer to a question of whether Union Corps Commander Daniel Sickles acted wisely or foolishly by advancing his men on the 2nd day of the battle. read more...Sale Price $7,437.50
$8,750.00
