Chambersburg
a borough and county-seat of Franklin co., Pa., on the Conococheague and Falling Creeks and the Cumberland Valley and Western Maryland railroads, 52 miles W. S. W. of Harrisburg. In Early's raid in the Civil War General McCausland entered Chambersburg with Confederate cavalry, July 30, 1864, and demanded a tribute of $200,000 gold; this not being paid, the place was set on fire and two-thirds of it burned, causing a loss of $1,000,000.
It was soon rebuilt, chiefly of brick or stone, and is now the seat of Wilson College, for women, and has an academy, several churches, and newspapers, public schools, manufactories, machine shops, National banks, etc. Pop. (1910) 11,800; (1920) 13,171.
CHAMBÉRY (shäm-bā're'), capital of the former duchy and present French department of Savoie, beautifully situated between two ridges of hills, amid gardens and country-seats, 370 miles S.
E. of Paris. The scenery around, with the river Laisse flowing through the valley, is exceedingly fine. The town itself, however, is dull and uninteresting, with narrow and gloomy streets winding between high, well-built houses. Notable edifices are the small cathedral, the palace of justice, and the old castle of the Dukes of Savoie, restored early CHAMISSO in the 19th century. Chambéry has manufactures of clocks, silk-gauze, soap, hats, paper, and a trade in silk, wine, coal, etc. Pop. about 25,000.
CHAMBORD (shän-bōr'), a castle, park, and village, near Blois, department of Loir-et-Cher, in France. The splendid castle, in the Renaissance style, was mainly built by Francis I., being begun in 1526, and was completed under Louis XIV. In 1745 it was given by Louis XV. to Marshal Saxe, who died there in 1750.
Napoleon gave it to Berthier, and in 1821 a company of Legitimists bought it and gave it to the Duke of Bordeaux, in name of the people of France.