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Joshua
Chamberlain room is located on the first floor, right next to the
front door of the Stonewall Jackson Inn. The perfect place for those
who don't want to walk up too many steps. Chamberlain is set with a
Queen bed, in-room private bath with a shower, cable TV and phone for
local calls.
This room would be the perfect place to call home during your next
romantic retreat to
Harrisonburg, VA.
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Chamberlain was responsible for one of the most poignant scenes of
the Civil War at the April 1865 surrender of Lee's Army of Northern
Virginia at Appomattox Court House. Gen. Grant placed Chamberlain in
charge of receiving the surrender of Confederate weapons and battle
flags. As the conquered Confederate soldiers marched down the road to
surrender their arms and colors, Chamberlain, without orders or
permission, ordered his men to come to attention and "carry arms" as a
show of respect. Chamberlain described what happened next:
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The gallant John B. Gordon, at the head of the marching
column, outdoes us in courtesy. He was riding with downcast eyes and
more than pensive look; but at this clatter of arms he raises his
eyes and instantly catching the significance, wheels his horse with
that superb grace of which he is master, drops the point of his
sword to his stirrup, gives a command, at which the great
Confederate ensign following him is dipped and his decimated
brigades, as they reach our right, respond to the 'carry'. All the
while on our part not a sound of trumpet or drum, not a cheer, nor a
word nor motion of man, but awful stillness as if it were the
passing of the dead.
Chamberlain's salute to the Confederate soldiers was unpopular with
many in the north, but he defended his action in his memoirs, The
Passing of the Armies. Many years later, Gordon, in his own
memoirs, called Chamberlain "one of the knightliest soldiers of the
Federal Army."
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