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Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpb-05620. (Cropped for presentation.)
Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Civil War Photographs, reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpb-05620. (Cropped for presentation.)
Lincoln Memorial dedication taken from the Washington Monument. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Harris & Ewing, reproduction number LC-DIG-hec-14449.
HEADQUARTERS, FIFTH ARMY CORPS,
Appomattox Court-House, April 13, 1865.
Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General U.S. Army:
GENERAL: I have the honor to recommend for promotion to the rank of brevet major-general Brig. Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain, commanding First Brigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps, as a reward for conspicuous gallantry and meritorious service during this campaign. General Chamberlain particularly distinguished himself in the action on the Quaker road, March 29, 1865, in which with his single brigade, composed of the One hundred and ninety-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers and the One hundred and eighty-fifth New York Volunteers, he successfully withstood and repulsed the attack of a vastly superior force of the enemy, receiving in his own person two painful wounds, notwithstanding which he retained command of his brigade and fought it while the action lasted. In the battle of Five Forks, April 1, and in the subsequent forced marches of the corps, and in the culminating battle at Appomattox Court-House, April 9, General Chamberlain’s bravery and efficiency were such as to entitle him to the highest commendation. In this last action, April 9, his brigade had the advance and was driving the enemy rapidly before it when the announcement of the surrender of General Lee was made.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
CHAS. GRIFFIN,
Brevet Major-General, Commanding.
Source: Griffin to Thomas, April 13, 1865. United States, War Dept., The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies [Series I, Vol. 46, Ch. 58, Part 3, Sec. 1] (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894), 730-731, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924079618777&view=1up&seq=733&skin=2021.
Photo provided by Peter Tompkins.
* Cpl. Titcomb’s cause of death appears to be listed as erysipelas on the original muster-out rolls of the 22nd Maine Infantry. “Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-9YLB-5?cc=1877829&wc=9Y85-SPB%3A174548501%2C174548502%2C175047601 : 20 May 2014), Maine > Military Records-Civil War > 22nd Infantry and muster-out rolls page 5500-5513 > image 19 of 29; State Archives, Augusta.