How did Joshua Chamberlain die after the war?

Answer 1

Joshua Chamberlain was a professor at Bowdoin College, Maine, before he became a Union officer. He was promoted to Colonel of the 20th Maine Regiment. The 20th Maine was held in reserve during the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862 but would be in the forefront of battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia on December 13, 1862. The 20th Maine fought heroically to hold Little Round Top---as depicted in the movie "Gettysburg". In 1864, Chamberlain commanded a brigade in the 1st Division, Fifth Corps that he led during the Wilderness Campaign to Petersburg, Virginia. On June 18, 1864, Chamberlain was seriously wounded at the Battle of White Oak Road. Taken to a field hospital, the attending surgeon pronounced the wound to be mortal and Chamberlain was thought to be on his death bed. He was given a promotion to brigadier general, as he was not expected to live. Miracously he survived and returned to command his unit at Battle of Five Forks, in April 1865. A change in corps command after that battle placed Chamberlain in command of the 1st Division of the Fifth Corps during the final campaign to Appomattox Court House. After General Lee surrendered to Grant, General Chamberlain was given the honor of accepting the formal surrender of arms of the Army of Northern Virginia scheduled for April 12, 1865. After the war, he returned to Bowdin College in Maine where he became president of the college. In 1893, Congress honored him with the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at Gettysburg.

Answer 2

Joshua Chamberlain fought in the Civil War on the side of the Union. He eventually died from old wartime wounds in 1914, 49 years after the war had ended.