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    The Raid on Chambersburg, often identified as J.E.B. Stuart's Chambersburg Raid, was a Confederate States Army cavalry raid into Maryland and Pennsylvania...
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    Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the Cumberland...
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    of 1857 Lincoln–Douglas debates Oberlin–Wellington Rescue John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Virginia v. John Brown 1860 presidential election Crittenden...
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    thet were led by the Chambersburg conductor of the Underground Railroad. (After the raid, the Chambersburg newspaper, writing on Brown's many visits to...
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  • Sydney. 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. 1865 – Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica...
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    became the 35th state in the Union on June 20, 1863. Arizona Territory (USA) was split from New Mexico Territory on February 24, 1863. The geographically...
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    Jeb Stuart's raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1862, saw his troopers march 80 miles (130 km) in 27 hours, while during Morgan's Raid his forces averaged...
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  • Potomac" in the early summer of 1862, and the Confederate Cavalry raid on Chambersburg, PA in October 1862. One of Stuart’s men, Sam Sweeney, was an accomplished...
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    in Chambersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, it is included in the Chambersburg Historic...
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  • A military raid is a mission where the main objective is to demoralize, destroy valuable enemy installations, free prisoners, gather intelligence, or capture...
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    States Army from invading the state, including the October 1862 Raid on Chambersburg. In October 1863, Bell joined the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment...
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    delayed Averell's arrival at Chambersburg, and allowed the Confederates to raid and burn Chambersburg virtually unopposed on July 30. Damage to the town...
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    Mills, Pennsylvania John Brown House (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) John Brown Museum, Osawatomie, Kansas John Brown Raid Headquarters (Kennedy Farm), Samples...
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    against the North. Chambersburg deserved this retaliation, in his view, in part for its sympathy with John Brown while planning his raid on Harpers Ferry....
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    streaming through the streets of Winchester. Early pursued and burned Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, along the way in retaliation for Hunter's previous destruction...
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    magisterial district courts. As noted below, some courthouses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. After William Penn landed in the...
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  • was in town. On August 3, Confederate general John McCausland, returning from his raid on Chambersburg, occupied Romney for two days. On August 6, Confederate...
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    Ewell dispatched the entire Corps cavalry brigade under Jenkins on a raid to Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to forage and reconnoiter. Ewell placed his Second...
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    they planned the raid on Harper's Ferry, Kagi acted as the business agent of the Brown's group, buying and storing weapons in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania...
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    Anderson traveled on June 20, 1859, with four others towards Chambersburg, Pennsylvania to establish a command center to prepare for the raid on Harpers Ferry...
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    last major raid into northern Union territory, attacking the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Maryland and West Virginia and burning Chambersburg, Pennsylvania...
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    W. H. F. Lee (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    temporarily commanded Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry brigade in Stuart's Chambersburg Raid, his conduct earning him promotion to brigadier general. He then commanded...
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  • February, 1908. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Kittochtinny Historical Society: 38–43. McClure, A. N. (Sep 1883). "An Episode of John Brown's Raid". Lippincott's...
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    and his communications were cut around noon on that day. On July 30, McCausland burnt the town of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and then moved west and rested...
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    John Jr. was ordered to visit, specifically, were Gettysburg, Bedford, Chambersburg, and Uniontown. John Jr. also spent time[when?] visiting Massachusetts...
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  • Confederate forces of Major General Jubal Early conducted raids and military engagements from Chambersburg through Gettysburg to York. https://news.google.com/newspapers...
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    Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry rode around the Union Army and raided Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Averell returned in time to lead his brigade in pursuit...
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  • John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was the largest event of 1859 in the United States, exacerbating the polarization of the country, and was a major factor...
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    Maryland, and his mother, Caroline Cornelia Clark, was a native of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. William was the oldest of twelve children, four of whom...
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    several early Southern accounts as the Battle of Boonsboro Gap, was fought on September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland campaign of the American Civil...
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