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Confederate cavalry under Gen. John McCausland occupied Chambersburg on the morning of July 30, 1864. When he failed to obtain a ransom, he burned the town in reprisal for destruction in the Shenandoah Valley by Gen. David Hunter.
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Chambersburg, Pennsylvania · United States
