Joshua L. Chamberlain--Promoted "on the spot"

Joshua L. Chamberlain--Promoted "on the spot" is a Virginia historical marker in Petersburg County, dedicated 2014.

Petersburg County · dedicated 2014 · Western corner of triangle on westbound Winfield Road where it splits to junction with I-95

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In this vicinity on 18 June 1864 Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain received a near-fatal wound while leading a Union brigade in a charge against Confederate works defending Petersburg. Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant promoted him to Brig. Gen. of Vols. “on the spot” for “gallant conduct.” Chamberlain returned to duty in November and was wounded again in March 1865. On 12 April at Appomattox he commanded the ceremony at which the Army of Northern Virginia formally surrendered its arms. He was governor of Maine from 1867 to 1871 and received the Medal of Honor in 1893.

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