The Burning of Chambersburg: The Rebels Strike Back

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The Burning of Chambersburg: The Rebels Strike Back

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Join me as I travel across counties in two states and the streets of Chambersburg Pennsylvania as I walk in the footsteps of the Confederate Cavalry that were the last to invade the north during the American Civil War. I follow their path that led them to Chambersburg, where they ransomed and then burned and looted the town to strike back against the Union forces that burned private businesses, dwellings, and schools in Virginia. Join me as I explain the story of Confederate revenge in the Burning of Chambersburg!!
Sources:
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Alexander, Ted. Southern Revenge!: Civil War History of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce, 1989.
Hoke, J. (1887). The Great Invasion of 1863: or, General Lee in Pennsylvania. W.J. Shuey.
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@bucknlily6738 Жыл бұрын

Great show man. I love it.

@whatinthehistory5375 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it!!

@rook1433 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Great job!!

@whatinthehistory5375 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it.

@michaeldouglas1243 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding. Learned alot about this local event

@whatinthehistory5375 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it!!

@gregdayley-ic1yq Жыл бұрын

At least they saved the Masons Lodge.😂😂

@michaeldouglas1243 Жыл бұрын

@@gregdayley-ic1yq lol

@aarnold2005able Жыл бұрын

Well done! I enjoy learning about the area.

@EdwardHerman-co4yw Ай бұрын

I just came across you're channel. It's very informative. This is the 2nd video I watched and I'm gonna keep on watching them. I'm from Philadelphia but I'm very interested in Central PA, Thanks for the video and keep them coming.

@bradcump4242 9 ай бұрын

I am from chambersburg thank you for telling are history we have so much civil war history after gettsburg we where one big field hospital in town and farmer land

@whatinthehistory5375 6 ай бұрын

You are welcome!!!

@rogercarbaugh2459 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work as always. I enjoy watching your videos!

@whatinthehistory5375 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad you enjoy them!

@davidfinch7407 4 ай бұрын

I was the Assistant Manager for Chambersburg from 1996 to 2022. On the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address (November 2013), we had a Lincoln impersonator visit the Borough Offices. I went to go get the Mayor, saying there was a "high ranking Federal Official here to meet him". When the Mayor came out, he said to "Lincoln", "Where were you when we needed you? The Confederates burned the whole town down!" Lincoln nodded and sadly said, "Yes, there were many American towns lost in that great war." The Mayor persisted, "No, you're wrong. Chambersburg was the only northern town destroyed during the war." Lincoln responded with what I thought was the absolutely perfect Lincoln response: "Every town that was destroyed- both North and South- were American towns."

@whatinthehistory5375 3 ай бұрын

That was a perfect answer! Thank you for sharing that story!

@user-cd6ue3mp6n Жыл бұрын

Wow Dakota, your video documentary is very informative, a lot of historical info, enjoyed every bit of it. Growing up in that area, seeing some of the historical markings in Chambersburg relating to the burning of Chambersburg, I never realized how much history was linked to that event throughout the entire area. Thank you.

@whatinthehistory5375 Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!! Thank you!

@brianh1161 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the story of your dad at the Archives 😆. I recall the Mercersburg historical society had some interesting tidbits on their website about the fight in Mercersburg as the southern cavalry came down Park Ave near the elementary school/Presbyterian church.

@whatinthehistory5375 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes! I believe there were. Maybe some da I'll cover the more intimate stories of it in a layer video. You could write an entire book on this event if you wanted to! There is that much info.

@gregdayley-ic1yq Жыл бұрын

Good job Dakota. Very informative.

@whatinthehistory5375 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@willoutlaw4971 Жыл бұрын

Another discussion on Lee and his band of decrepit burglars. Posing as an army. Thank you, President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and all who fought to save the USA and end African American slavery.

@RedoubtProductions1754 Жыл бұрын

This was phenomenal. I envy your ability to speak on location and deliver a thorough overview of the Burning of Chambersburg. Sounds like you'll be following the aftermath sometime in the future. Do you plan to go to the site of Folck's Mill or Moorefield?

@whatinthehistory5375 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the compliments!!! They are much appreciated!! I do plan to cover the rest of the story in the future and I plan to talk about the events at Folck's Mill and Moorefield but do to time and cost I will not be visiting the sites but I will put GPS coordinates of the various markers in my video so others can visit if they wish. (Folck's Mill is behind a Shriner Temple and Battle of Moorefield is behind a Walmart). I plan to only travel as far as Hancock but will supply photos of the Canal at Oldtown from a previous visit there years ago.

@m.a.souders6496 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your work on this story about the battle in Chambersburg Pennsylvania. It means a lot to me because I was born in Chambersburg in August of 1956. I really like your work all the detail all of the descriptions. I wonder if you could do a story of Forbes Rd., Trail just south of Fort Littleton Pennsylvania. My grandparents had a house on the west side of Forbes Road that at one time was like a stage coach tavern where the stage coach is stopped way back like during the 1700s and 1800s it be very interesting to see thank you again. Barry Souders Raleigh NC

@whatinthehistory5375 Жыл бұрын

You are welcome!! I will see what I can work in with Forbes Road. Forbes Road ran from what is now Franklin Co PA to what is now Pittsburgh. It was named as such because of General Forbes who led the expedition to take French Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War. It was a main route west in PA that was traveled and helped populate western PA, which resulted in many inns and taverns to pop up along the route. It would be an interesting and colorful story. One in particular I recall is of a man who traveled to Pittsburgh during the latter part of the 1700's or early 1800's and he was amazed at how rough it got as he traveled west. Tavern keepers the further west he got had fewer eyes because they were gouged out in brawls between patrons and neighbors.

@michaeldouglas1243 Жыл бұрын

I gotta research if that J.W. Douglas is a relative of mine or not. I live in Fulton county with ancestors from Franklin as well.

@whatinthehistory5375 Жыл бұрын

He may be!!

@Razorbacks1 10 ай бұрын

Jubal Early after the civil war was the chief proponent of the Myth of the Lost Cause and was also the main leader of the smear attack on Gen. Longstreet, weaving lies and inaccuracies to blame Longstreet for the failure of the Confederate Army at Gettysburg and other battles. The facts prove otherwise.

@whatinthehistory5375 10 ай бұрын

To my knowledge, Longstreet was the opposite at Gettysburg. He was staunchly against the idea of what we now call Picket's charge. Also, to my knowledge, Lee admitted that the defeat at Gettysburg was his fault. Jubal Early would have really had to counter a lot of his compatriots to push those inaccuracies. I didn't know that.

@robschannel4512 10 ай бұрын

The union army took the money and cost the town

@davidfinch7407 4 ай бұрын

I think you are glossing over one of the reasons why the union was burning houses in Jefferson County and the Shenandoah Valley. Many of the civilians in the area were pro-Confederate. Sometimes, they would take to the woods and snipe at union forces, killing many, and then they would fade back into the woods and be home for supper, pretending to be innocent civilians. Now, there are three ways you, as the union commander, could react to that provocation. You could ignore it, encouraging more of the same and lowering your troops' morale; or you could do like the Nazis did, and start executing civilians, sometimes 10 or 20 times your own losses; or you could take the more humanitarian approach and destroy their homes, which is what Hunter did. So your assertion that the private homes had "no tangible connection to the war" is somewhat accurate but also a little bit of a stretch since it ignores the real motivation behind it.

@whatinthehistory5375 3 ай бұрын

It is true that they were attacked by civilians and yes they may have had a good reason to burn houses but there was no way for them to isolate which house was associated with a person who was attacking them. Also, it was the perspective of the South that they were burning civilian houses with no reason, which drove them to commit the burning of Chambersburg. I probably should have used different wording. Unfortunately, the timing of the video doesn't allow for a full explanation.

@davidfinch7407 3 ай бұрын

You are correct that retaliating against a civilian populace for guerilla warfare has no method of burning only the houses of the guilty. I guess the theory is that even when you don't burn the right house, the threat of your neighbor losing their house is supposed to intimidate you into being peaceful. I'm sure you are correct that the Confederates didn't appreciate the "logic" of this and saw it as unjustified. So innocent civilians on both sides ended up suffering. Well, as has been said, War is just another word for cruelty. @@whatinthehistory5375