Jenkins burns Cumberland Valley Railroad buildings at Chambersburg
June 1863, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
- Date
- June 1863
- Where
- Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
- What happened
- Burned
- Event
- 69 of 174
Early in the Gettysburg campaign, Albert G. Jenkins's Virginia cavalry occupied Chambersburg and burned several warehouses, Cumberland Valley Railroad structures and the bridge at Scotland. From June 24 to 28 much of Lee's army passed through the town toward Carlisle and Gettysburg.
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