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The Appomattox Generals: The Parallel Lives of Joshua L. Chamberlain, Usa, and John B. Gordon, Csa, Commanders at the Surrender Ceremony of April 12,

The Appomattox Generals: The Parallel Lives of Joshua L. Chamberlain, Usa, and John B. Gordon, Csa, Commanders at the Surrender Ceremony of April 12,

Primomo, John W.

Paperback

Biographies GeneralCivil War Period (1850-1877)

ISBN10: 078647632X
ISBN13: 9780786476329
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jul 8 2013
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Joshua L. Chamberlain of Maine and John B. Gordon of Georgia led the Union and Confederate armies, respectively, at the formal surrender ceremony at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 12, 1865. In one of the most dramatic and memorable moments of the Civil War, as the Confederate soldiers marched through the Union lines to stack their weapons and flags, Chamberlain, moved by the historic moment and desiring to pay honor to a valiant, defeated foe, ordered his Union soldiers to salute Gordon's Confederates. Gordon, surprised but stirred by the same emotion, immediately responded, and ordered his men to return the salute.

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