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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Passing of the Armies: The Last Campaign of the Armies., Military order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: headquarters Commandery of the State of Maine. (search)
record should be present to indicate the affection and regard that the people of Massachusetts had for him as a commanding officer in the Civil War, as Governor of the State of Maine, and as president of a great college. The commonwealth will be grateful to you for representing her at the last ceremonies in honor of — this great man, before his remains are consigned to the earth. Yours very sincerely, David L. Walsh. An eloquent and appreciative address was delivered by Rev. Jesse Hill, D. D., and several solemn and beautiful selections were rendered on the organ. The remains were then borne from the hall and escorted to the railroad station, through streets lined with respectful throngs, and placed on a car for transportation to Brunswick. At that place they were taken by the appointed local bearers and escorted by the Brunswick company of the National Guard, Vincent Mountfort Post of the Grand Army, the student body and members of the faculty of Bowdoin College, to th