The Burning of Chambersburg

March 8, 2012 By crossroads

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Chambersburg in ruins after Confederates set fire to the town on July 30, 1864 (Library of Congress)

Chambersburg after the fire of July 30, 1864 (Library of Congress)

Ruins of the Bank of Chambersburg and the Franklin House (Harper's Weekly, August 20, 1864; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

The Bank of Chambersburg and the Franklin House after the destruction of Chambersburg on July 30, 1864 (Library of Congress)

Main Street in Chambersburg (Harper's Weekly, August 20, 1864; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

The shell of the Baptist Church in the distance and the gas works on the right, along Conococheague Creek (Library of Congress)

The Court House in Chambersburg (Library of Congress)

Ruins of the Chambersburg Town Hall (Harper's Weekly, August 20, 1864; courtesy of Princeton University Library)

The corner of Main and East King Street in Chambersburg (Library of Congress)

Main Street in Chambersburg, looking west, after the fire of July 30, 1864 (Library of Congress)

Market Street near Second Street in Chambersburg (Library of Congress)

The northwest corner of the public square in Chambersburg after the destruction of the town on July 30, 1864 (Library of Congress)

The ruins of Chambersburg from the main square, looking east, after the fire of July 30, 1864 (Library of Congress)

A map showing the results of the burning of Chambersburg on July 30, 1864, by Confederate forces (Rev. B. Schneck, The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1864], frontispiece)

This project has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Park Service, the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, Frederick Community College, and others. See Credits page for full list.

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Maryland and the Border
in the Civil War

The Burning of Chambersburg

Special Collections

Maryland and the Border in the Civil War

The Burning of Chambersburg

Special Collections

Maryland and the Border
in the Civil War