Joshua Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: an account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac, based upon personal reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps, New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915.
Chamberlain's autobiographical account was published a year after his death under the editorial supervision of his children. Scholars credit his description of Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House in particular (Grant had designated Chamberlain to command the parade) as being among the more vivid and readable accounts of that event published. Although Chamberlain held no graduate degrees, his academic accomplishments in teaching (oratory and rhetoric; modern languages; philosophy) and educational reform matched his successes on the battlefield. He served on Bowdoin's faculty prior to enlistment and as the president of Bowdoin College between 1871 and 1883. The copy shown here was owned by Dr. Abner Shaw, the regimental surgeon who is credited with saving Chamberlain's life following wounds received at Petersburg.
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