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On October 6, the same day Halleck ordered McClellan to move, Lee asked Major General J.E.B. Stuart, to make a raid toward Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. [26] Lee wanted Stuart to destroy the important railroad bridge over the Conococheague Creek, bring back horses and capture government officials who might be exchanged for captured Confederate leaders or sympathizers.
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
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.
The courthouse is a contributing property in the Chambersburg Historic District. [5] Chambersburg is the largest Northern community that was burned in the Civil War. [5] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is included in the Chambersburg Historic District. [1] [2]
The 1780 Burning of the Valleys campaign, part of the American Revolutionary War; Several events during the Valley Campaigns of 1864, part of the American Civil War The burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; The burning of the Shenandoah Valley. The Burning Raid in the Loudoun Valley
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.
On June 1, the 2nd Pennsylvania was sent to Chambersburg where it was placed in General George Wynkoop's second brigade of General William Keim's division in the Department of Pennsylvania commanded by General Robert Patterson. Within a few days a force of over 8,000 men was gathered around Chambersburg, mostly Pennsylvania and New York three ...
Giesberg, Judith Ann. Keystone State in Crisis: The Civil War in Pennsylvania (Mansfield: Pennsylvania Historical Association, 2013) 96 pp. online review; Giesberg, Judith Ann. "From Harvest Field to Battlefield: Rural Pennsylvania Women and the US Civil War." Pennsylvania History 72.2 (2005): 159–191. online; Harmon, George D.