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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914), educator, Civil War hero, Medal of Honor winner, Maine governor and president of Bowdoin College. He was named after heroic Naval Commodore James Lawrence, famous for the immortalized words "Don't
Give Up the Ship!" JLC is best known for his victorious maneuver at the battle of Gettysburg, and for heartfelt soldier's salute in the formal surrender at Appomattox. Once, near war's end and wounded for his sixth time, he was cheered on by the enemy
as he rode between the lines. After the battle, that spectacle led one of his contemporaries, a man who was also wounded,
to say "General, you have the soul of the lion and the heart of a woman."
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828-1914), educator, Civil War hero, Medal of Honor winner, Maine governor and president of Bowdoin College. He was named after heroic Naval Commodore James Lawrence, famous for the immortalized words "Don't
Give Up the Ship!" JLC is best known for his victorious maneuver at the battle of Gettysburg, and for heartfelt soldier's salute in the formal surrender at Appomattox. Once, near war's end and wounded for his sixth time, he was cheered on by the enemy
as he rode between the lines. After the battle, that spectacle led one of his contemporaries, a man who was also wounded,
to say "General, you have the soul of the lion and the heart of a woman."
