“Sweep Away Its Damning Shame”: A Wounded Union Officer's War Tribute
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Chamberlin of the 149th Pennsylvania Infantry suffered two wounds during the war. An abolitionist and college graduate, he survived his injuries and went on to become a prolific writer, including this poetic tribute to the citizen soldiers who fought to end slavery.
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