Draft:John Newton Chamberlin

Cpt. John Newton Chamberlin (1837 – 1880) was an American teacher, farmer, and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served with the 75th New York Infantry in 1861 before transferring to the 3rd LA Engineers Corps d’Afrique, which was later reorganized as the 97th United Stated Colored Infantry (USCI). He was a captain.

Born on October 13, 1837 in Windsor, Vermont, he grew up on a farm near the town of Sennett in Cayuga County, New York.

A collection of his wartime letters has been published as the book, Captaining the Corps d'Afrique: The Civil War Diaries and Letters of John Newton Chamberlin (2016, McFarland & Company). His uniform was displayed at the Washington County Museum (now Five Oaks Museum) in Portland, Oregon.

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John Chamberlin and John N. Chamberlin should link here

Book about him using his notes. Editor one of his descendants?

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30749140/john-n.-chamberlin