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By Zachary Hinton, August 2007
Burning of Chambersburg Marker
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1 ► Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Chambersburg — Burning of Chambersburg —  |
| Occupied the morning of July 30, 1864, by cavalry of Confederate Gen. John McCausland. Failing to obtain ransom, he burned the town in reprisal for ruin in the Shenandoah Valley by Gen. David Hunter. — — Map (db m2140) HM | |||
| 2 ► Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Chambersburg — The Burning of Chambersburg — Franklin — Civil War Trails — |
| During the Gettysburg campaign, Confederate troops were restrained, under orders, from destroying non-government property. By the time of the Rebels’ next raid into the North, however, the policy had changed. On July 30, 1864, Brigadier . . . — — Map (db m201727) HM | |||