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Joshua Chamberlain writes to Governor Washburn
Letter from Joshua L. Chamberlain to Governor Washburn regarding premature rumors about his possible commission to command a new regiment.

"I beg your excellency to understand that these mortifying reports did not come from me."

  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Adelbert Ames reports on his pending departure
Adelbert Ames reports that the advance guard of the Army of the Potomac has arrived in Hampton, Virginia, and that his pending departure from there may be a few days longer.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


George A. Frost recommends Dr. Nahum A. Hersom for assistant surgeon
George A. Frost recommends Dr. Nahum A. Hersom for assistant surgeon
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Undated (circa 1864) - Colonel Joseph B Fitch writes to Governor Cony regarding Morrison C. Sanborn
Colonel Joseph B Fitch writes to Governor Cony regarding Morrison C. Sanborn
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Captain J.F. Land regarding recruitments and his return to the regiment
Captain J.F. Land regarding recruitments and his return to the regiment
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Prentiss Fogler forwards his photograph to Adjutant General Hodsdon
Prentiss Fogler forwards his photograph to Adjutant General Hodsdon
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Special Order 473 assigning Brevet Major A.W. Clark to duty
Special Order 473 assigning Brevet Major A.W. Clark to duty.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Colonel Gilmore requests that unassigned drafted men be assigned to the 20th Maine Regiment
Colonel Gilmore requests that unassigned drafted men be assigned to the 20th Maine Regiment.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Major Ellis Spear recommends promotions in Companies E and K
Major Ellis Spear recommends promotions in Companies E and K for Mattson Sanborn and Joseph Fuller.
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment


Lieutenant Colonel Charles D. Gilmore describes Chamberlain's wounding at Petersburg
Lieutenant Colonel Gilmore writes from Washington, D.C. to General John L. Hodsdon describing Chamberlain's wound, his promotion to Brig. General, his merit as a soldier, and the names of the men Chamberlain recommends for promotion "His wound is a very severe one and a very dangerous one, and the surgeons are by no means certain of saving his life."
  • Type: OBJECT
  • Collection: 20th Maine Regiment