Thomas Chamberlain: 20th Maine Infantry

Thomas Davee Chamberlain

1840-1896

Private, Sergeant, 1st Lieutenant, Captain
Brevet Major
Lieutenant Colonel
Brevet Colonel
20th Maine Volunteer Infantry

Poor Tom never amounted to much after his truly distinguished record in the war. The baby of the family, he seems to have been something of a free spirit, lacking the stern sense of responsibility that characterized his brothers. He drifted from one job to another, often neglecting his wife in his restlessness; and probably suffered from alcoholism as well as other health problems.

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