2020-07 2 sessions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/23/2020
By Rev. B. Schneck, Philadelphia, 1864, 76pp. octavo, with map and listing of all the burned buildings and eyewitnesses accounts. Worn cloth cover, else very good condition. On July 30,1864, General John McCausland, as ordered by General Jubal Early, levied a tribute against Chambersburg, demanding $100,000 in gold or $500,000 in Yankee dollars. The consequence of not paying the demand was the firing of the town. Chambersburg residents could not pay the demand, and Chambersburg burned, becoming the only northern town burned during the Civil War.
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