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==Early life and education==
Chamberlain was born in [[Brewer, Maine]], the son of Sarah Dupee (née Brastow) and Joshua Chamberlain, on September 8, 1828. Chamberlain was of English ancestry and could trace his family line back to twelfth-century England, during the reign of [[Stephen, King of England|King Stephen]].<ref>''Soul of the Lion: A Biography of General Joshua L. Chamberlain'' by Willard M. Wallace, p. 17</ref> Chamberlain's great-grandfather Ebenezer, was a New Hampshire soldier in the [[French and Indian War]], and the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Chamberlain's grandfather, Joshua, was a ship builder and colonel during the [[War of 1812]], notably involved at the [[Battle of Hampden]], before moving his family to a Brewer farm in 1817. Chamberlain's father Joshua served as a lieutenant colonel in the [[Aroostook War]].<ref name="ww">{{cite book |last1=Wallace |first1=Willard |title=Soul of the Lion |date=1960 |publisher=Stan Clark Military Books |location=Gettysburg |isbn=9781879664005 |pages=17–30}}</ref>
Chamberlain was the first of five children. His father named him after [[James Lawrence]], and favored a military career for his son, while Chamberlain's mother wanted him to become a minister. Chamberlain became a member of the Congregational Church in Brewer in the mid-1840s, and attended Major Whiting's military academy in Ellsworth. Chamberlain then taught himself Greek so he could be admitted to [[Bowdoin College]] in 1848. At college, Chamberlain was a member of the [[Peucinian Society]], [[Phi Beta Kappa]], and the [[Alpha Delta Phi]] fraternity. He taught Sunday school in Brunswick during his freshman and sophomore years, and led the choir at the Congregational Church-First Parish Church during his Junior and Senior years. Chamberlain graduated in 1852, then entered the [[Bangor Theological Seminary]] for three years of study. Besides studying in Latin and German, Chamberlain eventually mastered French, Arabic, Hebrew and Syriac.<ref name=ww/>
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