that we had stood this mode of warfare long enough, and on july 26, he brigadesd two under charles mccausland. $100,000d mccausland in gold or $500,000 in u.s. currency at the compensation for the destruction of the house is named, those belonging to prominent confederates, including a relative of lee's, and their contents. this ransom demand, if successful, would provide much-needed currencies to provide for confederate troops, whose own dollars were by this time almost worthless. early had successfully rested both money and supplies from a number of towns in maryland before this. hagerstown, fredericks, middletown, and bones grow with this strategy. was unsuccessful, early's orders ready with two lady town in ashes in retaliation for the burning of both houses and others in virginia as well as the town that had been burned in southern states. mccausland and his men reached chambersburg on the morning of july 30 post up after establishing a battery on the hillside outside of town, the confederates through a few shells that were meant according j scottnia calvaryman moore, to intimidate rathe