Chamberlain Recommendation

Chamberlain's recommendation to the U.S. War Department that DeLacy be promoted to captain -- and the War Department's disappointing, short response.


Letter from Joshua L. Chamberlain to the War Department page 1

J.L. Chamberlain Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.

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Letter from Joshua L. Chamberlain to the War Department page 2

J.L. Chamberlain Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.

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Letter from War Department to Joshua L. Chamberlain

J.L. Chamberlain Collection, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.

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