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J.E.B. Stuart’s October Raid

September 12, 2012 By crossroads

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Confederate cavalry commanded by General J.E.B. Stuart crossing the Potomac River into Maryland at McCoy's Ferry in Washington County, October 10, 1862 (Theodore R. Davis, artist; Library of Congress)Chambersburg as it appeared when Confederates entered the town on October 10, 1862 (Mr. Davis, artist; Harper's Weekly, November 1, 1862; NPS History Collection)Confederate soldiers appropriated new military clothing from a store in Chambersburg (Mr. Davis, artist; Harper's Weekly, November 1, 1862; NPS History Collection)Before leaving Chambersburg, the Confederates burned the towns railroad engine shops and machine shops (Mr. Davis, artist; Harper's Weekly, November 1, 1862; NPS History Collection)Stuart and his men leaving Chambersburg, sketched October 11, 1864 by John R. Chapin (Library of Congress)J.E.B. Stuart's Confederates made a circuit around the Union army and crossed over the Potomac River and back into Virginia at Whites Ford (A.R. Waud, artist; Harper's Weekly, November 1, 1862; NPS History Collection)<br />The raiding Confederates took stolen horses and other plunder back with them (F.H. Schell, artist; Frank Leslie's Illustrated News, November 1, 1862; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

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