he town escaped large-scale thisraction at point much due to lee's 73. menake war only upon armed and that no greater disgrace should befall an army and through it our people bandy perpetration of the barbarous outrages amongst the unarmed and the ones and some destruction of private property. also, they did not have time for looting and burning. they departed within days to meet union troops at gettysburg. after such close calls in the first two years of the war, chambersburg residents did not know what to think in the summer of 1864. some believe that the town was destined for distraction. into a kindlapsed of apathy. was -- it was geographical destiny. became a target because it was the nearest and the most accessible place of important for us to get to. so let's go back to this map here. chambersburg sits in the cradle of the cumberland valley, which extends from central pennsylvania to maryland. south of the potomac, the cumberland becomes the shenandoah, one of the major battleground of the war. confederates had control of the e valley for the firs

he town escaped large-scale thisraction at point much due to lee's 73. menake war only upon armed and that no greater disgrace should befall an army and through it our people bandy perpetration of the barbarous outrages amongst the unarmed and the ones and some destruction of private property. also, they did not have time for looting and burning. they departed within days to meet union troops at gettysburg. after such close calls in the first two years of the war, chambersburg residents did not know what to think in the summer of 1864. some believe that the town was destined for distraction. into a kindlapsed of apathy. was -- it was geographical destiny. became a target because it was the nearest and the most accessible place of important for us to get to. so let's go back to this map here. chambersburg sits in the cradle of the cumberland valley, which extends from central pennsylvania to maryland. south of the potomac, the cumberland becomes the shenandoah, one of the major battleground of the war. confederates had control of the e valley for the firs