Civil War burning of Chambersburg

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The Civil War burning of Chambersburg was an 1864 Confederate raid in which much of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was deliberately destroyed by fire after the town failed to pay a ransom.

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instanceOf American Civil War event ⓘ
military raid ⓘ
war crime allegation ⓘ
aftermath long-term rebuilding of the town ⓘ
significant economic loss for Chambersburg ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Burning of Chambersburg ⓘ
Sacking of Chambersburg ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States Army ⓘ
Union ⓘ
carriedOutBy Brigadier General John McCausland ⓘ
cause failure of Chambersburg to pay a Confederate ransom demand ⓘ
civilianCasualties yes ⓘ
civilianPopulationAffected residents of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
commander John McCausland ⓘ
Jubal A. Early ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1864-07-30 ⓘ
followedBy increased Union resolve in the Shenandoah Valley campaign ⓘ
geographicContext Cumberland Valley ⓘ
historicalRegion Franklin County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
involvedUnit Confederate cavalry ⓘ
Union militia and local defenders ⓘ
legacy commemorated in local history of Chambersburg ⓘ
remembered as a major Confederate raid into the North ⓘ
legalStatusAtTime controversial under the laws of war of the period ⓘ
location Chambersburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
method deliberate arson of buildings ⓘ
motive attempt to obtain funds for the Confederate war effort ⓘ
retaliation for Union destruction in the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
notableFor being one of the few Northern towns deliberately burned by Confederate forces ⓘ
civilian property destruction ⓘ
orderedBy Jubal A. Early ⓘ
partOf Jubal Early's 1864 Valley Campaigns ⓘ
precededBy Confederate raid into Pennsylvania in July 1864 ⓘ
primaryTarget town of Chambersburg ⓘ
ransomDemanded $100,000 in gold ⓘ
$500,000 in U.S. currency ⓘ
relatedEvent Burning of the Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
Gettysburg Campaign ⓘ
result hundreds of buildings destroyed ⓘ
large-scale destruction of Chambersburg by fire ⓘ
thousands of residents left homeless ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
targets business district of Chambersburg ⓘ
residential areas of Chambersburg ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
typeOfAttack cavalry raid ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Chambersburg, Pennsylvania → hasHistoricEvent → Civil War burning of Chambersburg ⓘ
Second Battle of Kernstown → followedBy → Burning of Chambersburg ⓘ
linked to: Civil War burning of Chambersburg
Civil War burning of Chambersburg → alsoKnownAs → Burning of Chambersburg ⓘ
linked to: Civil War burning of Chambersburg
Civil War burning of Chambersburg → alsoKnownAs → Sacking of Chambersburg ⓘ
linked to: Civil War burning of Chambersburg