Blessed Boyhood! The 'Early Memoir' of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's 'early memoir' is published in its entirety here for the first time. In his own words, he recounts his childhood-playing with his siblings, hunting and haying, Sunday socials-coming of age at Bowdoin College and the Bangor Theological Seminary, forming his own family with his wife, Fanny, and closing with his departure from Brunswick, Maine, to combat Southern secession and preserve the Union.