Chamberlain had another wound. The one that eventually killed him happened at the Seige of Petersberg, VA and the bullet traversed his abdomen laterally, nicking his bladder. He was brevetted to Brigadier General because he was not expected to live. He eventually did die because of the wound, but not until 1914 after he had served 5 terms as Governor or Maine and served as Chancellor of Bowdine College. He did not receive his Medal of Honor for Gettysburg until many years after the war.
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