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Blue plaque № 28939

Chambersburg, PA, United States

Blue plaque № 28939

Burning of Chambersburg. Occupied the morning of July 30, 1864, by cavalry of Confederate Gen. John McCausland. Failing to obtain ransom, he burned the town in reprisal for ruin in the Shenandoah Valley by Gen. David Hunter.

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