r Chambersburg!' And so they
exclaimed, and so they shouted, as they dashed at a trot through the town.
I may live to be an old man, but never, never shall I see such sights
again, as I saw that day in the stricken town of Chambersburg.
J. K. SHRYOCK."
Aug. 6, 1864.
BUILDINGS BURNED.
The following is a correct list of the buildings burned by the rebels in
Chambersburg, with their estimated value by a committee of disinterested
gentlemen appointed for that purpose:
South side of Market Street.
Jacob Wolfkill--Two-story frame and brick building, $700
Patrick Campbell's heirs--Two-story brick building, 700
Peter McGaffigan--Two-story building, 600
James C. Austin--Two-story brick building, new, 5,000
R. Austin--Two-story brick building, 3,000
William H. McDowell--Two-story stone front and brick back
building, brick stable, 3,000
James M. Brown--Two-story stone front and brick back building,
stable, 3,300
Jacob Sellers--Two-story brick front and back building, stables,
and ice-house, (hotel,) 4,000
J. W. Douglas--One-story frame building, 600
Martin Brown--Frame front and log building, 1,000
J. A. and J. C. Eyster--Log front and back building, 1,000
Mrs. Jordan--Two-story brick front and back building, 5,000
L. S. Clark--Two-story frame building and stable, 1,200
C. M. Duncan--Two-story building, law-office, stable, 2,000
E. Culbertson--Two-story brick building, office, stone barn, 6,000
Mrs. Bard--Two-story brick building, and row of law offices, 6,500
Gehr & Denny--Two three-story brick buildings, and one two-story,
(dwellings and "Franklin Repository" office,) 5,500
C. M. Duncan--Three-story building, (Franklin Hotel,) three-story
brick arcade, brick stables, &c., 15,000
Aug. Duncan--Three-story brick building, 1,500
Henry Monks--Three-story brick building, 1,500
Edward Aughinbaugh--Three-story brick building, 1,500
Dr. William H. Boyle--Three-story bric
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