Samuel E. Chamberlain

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Samuel E. Chamberlain was a 19th-century American soldier, adventurer, and memoirist best known for his vivid autobiographical account of life as a soldier and drifter in the Mexican–American War.

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instanceOf American military personnel
adventurer
memoirist
person
soldier
associatedWith American West NERFINISHED
U.S. Army dragoons NERFINISHED
borderlands between the United States and Mexico
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
describedAs 19th-century American soldier, adventurer, and memoirist
fieldOfWork autobiographical writing
literature
military
genre autobiography
memoir
war literature
givenName Samuel NERFINISHED
hasAutobiographicalSubject his own life
historicalRole eyewitness chronicler of the Mexican–American War
historicalSignificance provides a rare first-person account of common soldiers in the Mexican–American War
source for historians of U.S. expansionism and frontier culture
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryMovement American frontier literature
militaryConflict Mexican–American War NERFINISHED
name Samuel E. Chamberlain NERFINISHED
nationality American
notability vivid autobiographical account of life as a soldier and drifter in the Mexican–American War
notableWork My Confession: The Recollections of a Rogue NERFINISHED
occupation adventurer
memoirist
soldier
writer
portrayedAs drifter
mercenary-like soldier of fortune
rogue
workCharacterization blend of fact and embellished adventure
vivid and graphic descriptions of war and violence
workReception noted for its lurid and sensational style
valued as both literature and historical document
workType illustrated memoir
wroteAbout Mexican–American War NERFINISHED
U.S. Army service
frontier violence
life as a drifter

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1st Massachusetts Cavalry commander Samuel E. Chamberlain
Chamberlain hasNotableBearer Samuel E. Chamberlain
this entity surface form: Samuel Chamberlain