b. 01/09/1841 Leesburgh, Indiana. d. 27/05/1929 Prescott, Arizona.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 20/09/1863 Chickamauga, Georgia.
Orville T Chamberlain MOH
Chamberlain was born in Leesburgh, Indiana on September 1, 1841. He enlisted in the 74th Indiana Infantry. He graduated from Notre Dame University in 1868 and became a lawyer. Married Helen Maria Mead (1843-1911) and they had one child, Edith Chamberlain (1872-1933). He didn’t receive his Medal of Honor until 33 years after Chickamauga on 11 March 1896. In 1914 served in Washington as acting chairman of Legislation Army and Navy Medal of Honor Legion of U.S.A. and was a proponent of $10 per month pension addition for medal of honor recipients.
He died on May 27, 1929 and his remains are interred at the Grace Lawn Cemetery in Elkhart, Indiana.
MOH CITATION:
While exposed to a galling fire, went in search of another regiment, found its location, procured ammunition from the men thereof, and returned with the ammunition to his own company.
BURIAL LOCATION: GRACE LAWN CEMETERY, ELKHART, INDIANA.
BLOCK C, LOT 15, GRAVE 2
LOCATION OF MEDALS: CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK VISTORS CENTER, CHICKAMAUGA, GEORGIA ;
INDIANA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
