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 Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum - Brunswick, ME Posted by:  neoc1
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The Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum is the adult home of Joshua L. Chamberlain during the time he was a professor at Bowdoin College. It is located at 226 Maine Street in Brunswick ME, 04011
Waymark Code: WMFXBN
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 12/12/2012
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born in Brewer, Maine, on September 8, 1828 and died in Portland, Maine, on February 24, 1914. He was a Professor at Bowdoin College who volunteered for service in the Union Army during the Civil War. Despite his lack of previous military background, he became a highly decorated Union officer and reached the permanent rank of brigadier general and the temporary rank of brevet major general.
General Chamberlain is most famous for his for his gallantry at the battle of Gettysburg. He commanded the 20th Maine regiment, which held the extreme left flank on Little Round Top, a position that had to be held at all cost. To defend his position he initiated and led a successful bayonet charge for which he was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. At Appomattox Court House, Virgina, he commanded the Union troops at the surrender ceremony of Robert E. Lee's Army that ended the Civil War.
After the war, he served as the 32nd Governor of Maine and returned to the faculty of Bowdoin College, where he became president of the college.
The Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum is located across the street from the statue of the General on the campus of Bowdoin College.
A plaque below the south front window is inscribed:
1828 HOME OF 1914
JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN
MAJOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS
RECIPIENT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR FOR GALLANT CONDUCT AT
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
GOVERNOR OF MAINE 1867 - 1871
PREDIDENT OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE 1871 - 1883
MARKED BY STATE OF MAINE SOCIETY
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1934
Museum Hours:
May through October
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Type of site: Museum
Address:
226 Maine Street
Brunswick, ME United States
04011
Phone Number: 207-729-6606
Admission Charged: $5 or less
Website: [Web Link]
Driving Directions:
From the webpage:
FROM THE SOUTH: The Society is located about half an hour's drive east of Portland, and about two and a half hours north of Boston. To get here from the South, take the Maine Turnpike to route 295, pass through Portland and continue northeast. Follow route 295 past Freeport [LL Bean is just about a mile from the highway], and take exit 28 at Brunswick, after the sign for "Bowdoin College". Once off the highway, you will be on Pleasant Street. Pass motels, gas stations, car dealerships and other businesses and at the third traffic light keep right (where Route 1 bears left) and go straight up the hill. Pleasant Street will end at Maine Street. Turn right, and you will be able to see us. The Society headquarters and the Skolfield-Whittier House are located diagonally across the street and across the green "Mall", just across from Dunkin Donuts. Parking is available along Park Row near our building, and a few slots are available behind. To reach the Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum, continue up Maine Street, toward the big gray First Parish Church, standing on the left side of the street, at the top of the hill. The Chamberlain Museum is located at 226 Maine Street, across from and just past the church opposite the Bowdoin College campus on the corner of Potter Street. Parking is available behind the Chamberlain Museum. -------------------------------------------------------------- FROM THE NORTH: Leave Interstate 295 at the Topsham-Brunswick Exit 31 and follow the signs for Brunswick. Crossing the Androscoggin River, you will find yourself on Maine Street. The Society buildings are about six blocks beyond the bridge, opposite Dunkin Donuts. The Chamberlain Museum is further up the street, at #226, just beyond the First Parish Church. -------------------------------------------------------------- FROM DOWN EAST: Exit Route One on the left after the downtown underpass just past the Topsham Exit. This is Cushing Street. Follow Cushing Street until it ends at Pleasant Street. Turn left. Follow Pleasant Street until it ends at Maine Street, turn right. The Society buildings are just across the Mall, opposite Dunkin Donuts. The Chamberlain Museum is further up the street, at #226, just beyond the First Parish Church.
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