The 20th Maine Infantry Headquarters desk from the Civil War Used By Chamberlain

An open wooden civil war desk with cubbyholes containing letters, ink bottles, and documents laid out on the writing surface
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An open antique wooden Civil War desk with cubby holes filled with letters, documents, inkwells and a penHandwritten inscription on the wood surface of a 20th Maine Civil War deskA rustic wooden Civil War desk chest with a small metal key in the lock and a metal handle on the lidAn antique metal skeleton key in the keyhole of a wooden Civil War deskMetal handle attached to a vintage wooden surface on a Civil War deskHistoric portrait photograph of Civil War officer Joshua Chamberlain in Union uniform with shoulder strapsCivil War artwork depicting an officer charging with a raised sword alongside Union soldiers carrying an American flagPortrait photograph of General Chamberlain in uniform with his handwritten name at the bottom
This Civil War field desk was from the estate of General Joshua Chamberlain. The inside has an period ink inscription that says “Hd Q (Headquarters) Desk 20th Maine Vol (Volunteers) Inf (Infantry) Used By Ames (General Adelbert Ames)
Chamberlain (General Joshua Chamberlain) And Spear (General Ellis Spear). At the end of the Civil War this desk was given to Joshua Chamberlain and remained in the Chamberlain home in Maine until the early 20th Century. It later ended up with a Chamberlain family friend and stayed in Maine until The Gettysburg Museum Of History obtained it. This will be the first time it is being publicly exhibited. This desk, according to the provenance was used through all three of the 20th Maine’s commanders, and was at the battle of Gettysburg.

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