In The Civil War
During the Civil War, after being chief of staff to Brigadier General William W. Averell and Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, Chamberlain commanded Camp Parole at Annapolis, Maryland for a time and also commanded the Fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, an all African American unit, with the rank of colonel. He was wounded on six different occasions. On February 24, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln nominated Chamberlain for the award of the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers, to rank from February 24, 1865, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on March 3, 1865. Chamberlain was mustered out of the U.S.Volunteers on September 16, 1865.
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