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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 3 3 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1863., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 26. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: August 4, 1864., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The latest invasion of Pennsylvania. At a late hour last night we received Northern accounts of a rebel invasion of Pennsylvania, though the force engaged is somewhat a matter of conjecture. In burning Chambersburg, however, the Confederates have done a thorough piece of work. This carries the war home to the doors of the Yankees, and is a good retaliation for the burning of Jacksonville, Florida; Jackson, Mississippi, and other cities in the South. Chambersburg is in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and situated forty-five miles southwest of Harrisburg. It was a large and prosperous place, having a good water power, improved for propelling cotton and woolen factories, flouring mills, paper mills and other manufacturing establishments. We learn that the Yankees threaten to burn Fredericksburg in retaliation; but they have nearly ruined that town already, and perhaps they had better try their hand on Richmond — a city that would have long ago been laid in ashes but for sli