Guinea Station - Jackson Shrine
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The Chandler plantation estate building where
Stonewall Jackson died at Guinea Station, or Guiney's Station. |
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| How the same building looks today.
Thomas Jackson was brought here after his wounding and amputation, with
the intention of sending him back to Richmond to convalesce, but concerns
about the railway being cut by Yankee raiders kept him here, at the
plantation of a friend.
The Chandler's offered him the use of the main building, but Jackson's
doctors thought the quiet of this office building, also used to store
excess furniture, would be better for the General's recovery. |
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| Another view of the Chandler plantation outbuilding, with the main
building behind and to the left. |
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| Roughly the same angle today. Jackson's window was the one on the
right. The main plantation building is no longer standing. |
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| The bed, in Jackson's room, in which he died. The folded blanket
at the foot of the bed covered Jackson when he died. That, plus the
wood frame of the bed itself, are the only original furnishings of the
room in this picture. Everything else is part of the restoration to
how it would have looked, but are not original pieces. |
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| A close up of the blanket that covered Jackson during his
convalescence. |
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| The remainder of the room, and the fireplace. The furnishings are
not original to the Jackson convalescence, except for the clock, which
still works today, and Jackson would have listened to it's pronounced
ticking as he lay in the bed. |
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| A close up of the clock in Jackson's room, probably one of the last
objects to get his attention before he died. |
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| Guinea Station today - not much is left of the station itself except a
concrete loading ramp from more prosperous days. This location is about a
quarter mile from the Jackson Shrine (as the Chandler estate office is
termed today)
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| The view outside Jackson's window. You can see the railway track in the
distance.
Reminiscent of his last words, spoken suddenly and clearly in the delirium
of his fever ...
"Let us cross over the river, and rest under the
shade of the trees." |
Posted by Indiana Reb on: Monday 30th October 2006, 1:06 PM
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