Chambers was the son of Boydton lawyer and judge Edward R. Chambers, who had been Professor of Law at RMC in 1842-1843 and was appointed to the college's Board of Trustees in 1842. He attended the preparatory department in 1859-1860 and matriculated into the college in 1860. Chambers joined Co C of the 1st Regiment VA Reserves on June 1 (presumably 1863) and was elected captain on April 20, 1864. There are discrepancies in his records, indicating he was ordered to Camp Lee on February 26, 1864 by General Kemper "to field forces" but this may have been 1865.
After the war, he attended the University of Virginia and became a lawyer in Mecklenburg County. He died of typhoid fever during a sea voyage on May 2, 1872.
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