S05E12: Confederate Revenge: The Burning of Chambersburg, 1864 - a podcast by Brady J. Crytzer

On July 30th, 1864 a Confederate force under the
command of Brigadier General John McCausland captured the city of Chambersburg,
PA. A year after the terrible bloodletting at Gettysburg, this time the
Southern Rebels returned seeking revenge for union depredations in Virginia.
After ransoming the town for $500,000, the Confederate General torched the city
filled with noncombatants. The Burning of Chambersburg remains as a shocking
reminder of the brutal reality of the American Civil War, and a seminal moment
in the conflict. On this episode we discuss the Burning of Chambersburg.

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