Item 5245 - Chaplain Uriah Balkham, Lewiston, ca. 1860
- Item 5245 - Chaplain Uriah Balkham, Lewiston, ca. 1860
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Image Info Uriah Balkam was the chaplain for the 16th Maine Regiment during the Civil War.
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Balkam was pastor of the Congregational Church on Pine Street in Lewiston from 1855 to 1870.
In 1867, he received a honorary doctorate from Bates College. He was the Cobb Professor of Logic and Christian Evidences at Bates from 1873-1874. He died after being thrown from his horse on his way to teach a class at the college in 1874.
