“ CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828–⁠) , American soldier and educationalist, was born at Brewer, Maine, on the 8th of September 1828. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 1852, and at the Bangor Theological Seminary in 1855, and was successively tutor in logic and natural theology (1855–1856) , professor of rhetoric and oratory (1856–1861) , and professor of modern languages (1861–1865) , at Bowdoin. In 1862 he entered the Federal army as lieutenant-colonel of the 20th Maine Infantry. His military career was marked by great personal bravery and energy and intrepidity as a leader. ”