command of Brigadier General John McCausland captured the city of Chambersburg,

PA. A year after the terrible bloodletting at Gettysburg, this time the

Southern Rebels returned seeking revenge for union depredations in Virginia.

After ransoming the town for $500,000, the Confederate General torched the city

filled with noncombatants. The Burning of Chambersburg remains as a shocking

reminder of the brutal reality of the American Civil War, and a seminal moment

in the conflict. On this episode we discuss the Burning of Chambersburg.