Schneck, B. S. (Benjamin Shroder) (1806-1874) The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00410 Author/Creator: Schneck, B. S. (Benjamin Shroder) (1806-1874) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Pamphlet Date: 1865 Pagination: 76 p. ; 19 x 12 cm. Order a Copy
Printed by Lindsay & Blakiston. Fourth edition. Account of Reverend B.S. Schneck, D.D., an eyewitness and sufferer of the burning of the city. With corroborative statements from the Rev. J. Clark, Hon. A.K. McClure, J. Hoke, Esq., Rev. T.G. Apple, Rev. B Bausman, Rev. S.J. Niccolls, and J.K. Shryock, Esq. Also includes a plan of the burnt portion of the town.
On 30 July 1864 Confederate General Jubal Early ordered the burning of Chambersburg in reprisal for Union General David Hunter's destruction of private property in Virginia. The Confederates demanded payment for the destruction and when the citizens refused, ordered the troops to burn the town. Two-thirds of Chambersburg was destroyed.
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