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The Raid on Chambersburg, often identified as J.E.B. Stuart's Chambersburg Raid, was a Confederate States Army cavalry raid into Maryland and Pennsylvania on October 10–12, 1862 during the American Civil War.
Since people from Chambersburg had relatives on both sides during the war, and the war devastated the town, the town event also became a part of the town's identity. On July 17, 1878, 15,000 people attended dedication of Memorial Fountain in the town's center, which honors the Civil War soldiers, and later Chambersburg's fighters in other wars.
Civil War, Military Chambersburg: 1948: U.S. 11, .3 mile S of borough line Roadside Cities & Towns, Civil War, Early Settlement, Government & Politics Chambersburg: n/a US 11 & Roland Ave., 1.5 miles N of Chambersburg, near borough line: Roadside
During the American Civil War the line had strategic importance in supplying Union troops in the Shenandoah Valley. It also ran the first passenger sleeping car in the U.S. on the Chambersburg-Harrisburg route in 1839. [4] [5] The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR
This regiment was the outgrowth of a rifle battalion attached to the 1st brigade, 1st division of the Pennsylvania militia. On May 20 it was ordered to Suffolk Park; on the 28th to Chambersburg, where it became part of Patterson's army. It crossed the Potomac on June 17, but the force soon returned to the Maryland side and encamped.
The Civil War in Pennsylvania: The African American Experience (Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation, 2013). 239 pp. heavily illustrated. Blair, William and William Pencak, eds., Making and Remaking Pennsylvania's Civil War , Penn State Press, 2001 ISBN 0-271-02079-2
Snider had a great interest in public education and served on Chambersburg's school board for 29 years beginning in 1863. He served as the secretary for 13 years and also as a director for 15 years.
The regiment was formed in February 1864, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, by the consolidation of two battalions, the Ringgold Cavalry and a battalion raised during the Gettysburg Campaign. The seven companies were mostly raised in Washington County.