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It is interesting to know that the Susquehanna River, in all its course, drains 21.390 square miles of territory, or 13,685,600 acres and that the Potomac drains 1,500 square miles, or 1,017,600 acres.
CHAPTER VH.
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENSHIP.
It has lately transpired that some of the earlier records of the Note 35. Waynesboro Town Council have been found. This information was Text page 134. not received until the body of this work was in print. These records
Note 33. Text page 120. The Forest Trees . 1 the Valley.
Vanished beauty. Wasted wealth.
George Pope Morris.
Note 34. Text page 122. The streams of the Valley.
CHAPTER VII.
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The old records of Council.
were much desired and sought for by the compiler of this work, who regrets that he had not the opportunity of examining them in time. Happily, however, as is understood, these records are now in the hands of the historical editor of the "Village Record" who will make good use of them.
Note 36.
Text page 138.
The list of postmasters for Waynesboro was carefully corrected and furnished through the kindness of the postmaster-general's de- partment at Washington. The following shows the date when each postmaster was appointed:
While the office was known as Waynesburg. Michael Stoner was postmaster and served from April Ist, 1807, until the change in name took place, June 9th, 1822.
After the name was changed to Waynesboro, the postmasters with the dates of their appointment were as follows:
POSTMASTERS.
APPOINTMENT.
Michael Stoner,
9 June. 1822.
Joseph Deardorff,
22 Sept., 1830.
James Walker,
28 Feb., 1833.
Michael M. Stoner,
2 May, 1837.
John W. Stoner,
17 Dec., 1840.
James Brotherton,
19 July, I845.
James Brotherton, Jr ..
15 Feb., 1849.
Jacob R. Welsh.
13 June, 1853.
Thomas G. Pilkington,
28 May,
1861.
Nancy Pilkington
Io Feb., 1863
Andrew G. Nevin,
30 Sept .. I864.
Jacob R. Welsh,
26 Nov .. 1866.
Andrew G. Nevin,
6 May,
1869.
Matilda R. Nevin,
5 Feb.,
1875.
George Middour,
19 Jan.,
1882.
James P. Lowell,
12 Mch., 1886.
Andrew S. Bonebrake,
II Apr.,
1890.
Alexander D. Morganthall.
2 May,
1894.
Silas E. Dubbell,
28 May,
1 899.
Note 37. Text page 140. Service of physi- cians.
It is impossible to class these physicians co-temporaneously, but, as near as can be gathered, the period when they practiced is as follows:
John Liggett. Prior to 1800.
John Oellig, Sr., 1810-1840.
John Oellig, Jr.,
1833-1871.
James Brotherton, Sr., 1816-1858.
James Brotherton, Jr.,
1845-1862.
Thomas Walker,
1816-1860.
Washington A. Harbaugh,
1845-1846.
Andrew Hetrick,
About 1840.
Sydenham Walker. 1846-1850.
Daniel Benedict,
1847-1849.
Postmasters.
DATE OF
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George E. Outhit,
1847-1848.
NOTES.
Edwin A. Herring.
1856-1880.
George W. Boteler,
1881-1894.
John A. Bouse,
1882-1884.
A. S. Tinges,
1882-1885.
Edmund S. Showers, Homeopathic,
1880-1888.
The following are now in active practice:
Benjamin Frantz.
1845-1899.
Joseph Frantz,
1880-1899.
Isaac N. Snively,
1863-1899.
John M. Ripple,
1868-1899.
James Burns Amberson.
1868-1899.
Abraham Strickler.
1871-1899.
Abraham Barr Snively.
1895-1899.
Aaron B. Sollenberger.
1898-1899.
John W. Croft,
1899.
Percy D. Hoover,
1899.
Rebecca P. Laughlin,
1899.
Walter Pearre, Homeopathic,
1888-1899.
Nevin C. Detrich, Homeopathic,
1892-1899.
A series of interesting articles, written by W. C. Cremer, assistant editor, were published in the "Village Record" of March 15 and March 22, 1900, giving an entertaining resume of the early records of this and other Waynesboro banks. It is to be regretted that there is not space to reproduce these articles in this narrative. Mr. Cremer has since written for the same newspaper other articles of an his- torical nature and of equal interest with the above.
Note 38. Text page 142. Local Historical work.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER VIII.
IN WAR TIMES .- PART I.
Respecting the Indians who killed the school children, John Mc- Cullough says :
"Some time in the summer whilst we were living at Kta-ho'-ling a great number of Indians collected at the forks of Moos-king- oong; perhaps there were about three hundred or upwards; their intention was to come to the settlements and make a general massacre of the whole people without any regard to age or sex; they were out about ten days when most of them returned; hay- ing held council, they concluded that it was not safe for them to leave their towns destitute of defence. However, several small parties went on to different parts of the settlements; it happened that three of them whom I was well acquainted with came to the neighborhood where I was taken from-they were young fellows, perhaps none of them more than twenty years
Note 39. Text page 166. Narrative of John MeCullough.
London's Narr .. Vol. 1, page 283.
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of age-they came to a schoolhouse where they murdered and scalped the master and all the scholars, except one who survived after he was scalped, a boy about ten years old, and a full cousin of mine. I saw the Indians when they marched home with the scalps; some of the old Indians were very much displeased at them for killing so many children, especially Neep-paugh'-whese, or night walker, an old chief, or half king .- he ascribed it to cowardice which was the greatest affront he could offer them."
Note 40. Text page 167.
The flag of the First Pennsylvania regiment: Colonel John Blair Linn, who was very much interested in the history of this regiment, was fortunate enough to find and identify the original flag carried during the Revolutionary War as it was found amongst the papers and documents of Colonel Hand, one of its commanders. The iol- lowing letter from Colonel Hand to Jasper Yates identifies the flag:
"Prospect Hill. March 8, 1776.
Flag of the First Pennsylvania Regi- ment.
I am stationed at Cobble Hill with four companies of our regiments. Two companies, Cluggage's and Chamber's, were ordered to Dorchester on Monday. Ross's and Loudon's relieved them yesterday. Every regiment is to have a standard and colors. Our standard is to be a deep green ground; the device a tiger, partly enclosed by toils, attempting the pass, defended by a hunter armed with a spear in white on crimson field; the motto, Domari Nolo.
Note 41. Text page 171 Thomas Wallace's militia company.
The muster roll of Captain Thomas Wallace's company for the years 1789 and 1790:
Beasaker. Abraham,
Clam, Michael,
Beaker. George. Sr.,
Cline, Gasper,
Beaker, George,
Colwicks, Petter,
Beley, William,
Conard, Barnard,
Blekney, Fergis,
Coughran. John,
Blekney, James,
Crooks, James, Jr.,
Blekney, Samuel,
Crooks, James, Sr.,
Blekney, William,
Crooks, Robert,
Bonebreak, Conrad,
Crooks. William,
Bonebreak. Devalt,
Bourns, Henry,
Dealy, John,
Bourns, John,
-Ditch, Hendry,
Bouser, Abraham.
Ditch, David,
Brothers, Mithias.
Douglas, John,
Burket, Abraham.
Downey, James,
Burket, David,
Dunk, Andrew,
Burket, Samuel,
Byers, Daniel,
Cagy, Christian, Ciphart, Andrew. Ciphart, Henry,
Fatril, Larans. Foglar. Christian, Fridley. John, Funk, John,
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Gans, John, Gordin. George.
Mothersbaugh. John, Mucklewain, William, Murray, Elias,
NOTES.
Hanline, Tobias, Heck, George,
Heck, Petter,
Heinare, Benjamin,
Holems, Michael,
Hollums, Abraham,
Hollums, Jacob.
Hollums, John,
Obersheimer, John, Oulins, Daniel,
Holsinger, George,
Holsinger, John,
Holwicks, Petter,
Hoofman, Hendry.
Pechtel, Jacob,
Penner, Daniel,
Penner, John,
Price, Abraham,
Price. Daniel,
Price, Jacob,
Price, John,
Jack, William,
Leazer, Andrew, / Litener, Peter,
Rayer, Daniel,
Reed, Jacob,
Reed. Philip.
Riter, Joseph,
Rits, Joseph,
Rock, Frederick,
McCrea, James.
Rock. Jacob,
McGeahon, Bruer.
Rock. John,
McManus, James,
Saddler, Ludwick,
Sacrest, John,
Mener, Hendry,
Seacrest, Solomon,
Mener, Joseph,
Sharts, Jacob.
Menner, Henery,
Shockey, Abraham,
Menner, John, Miller, George,
Shockey, Christian,
Miller, John, Sr.,
Shockey, Jacob, Jr.,
Miller. John, Jr.,
Shockey, Vallentine,
Miller, Isaak,
Shull, Charles,
Miner, William, Mock, William,
Shull, Philip. Sloss, John,
Mon, David, Mon, George,
Snowberger, John,
Mon, John,
Snowberger, Turft,
Money, Patrick,
Steaman, John,
Moorehead, John,
Stoneman, Christian,
Moorehead, James,
Nicholass, James, Nicholass, John.
Nicholass, Joseph, Nicholas, William. Noll, John,
Parks. John,
Horn, Benjamin,
Horner, Adam,
Horner, John,
Howard, Frederick,
McClanahan, Thomas, McChown, Mathew,
McManus, Andrew,
Ronzar,
Menser, David, Menser, Joseph,
Shockey, Jacob,
1
Smith, John Miller,
Stoner, John,
24
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NOTES. Stoup, Jacob, Stoup. John,
Stutt, Hearman,
Swagert, John. Swarts, Frederick.
Wallace, John, Waker, William,
Taylor. John.
Welch, John,
Timon, Frederick,
Weltey, Jacob,
Tip. Hendry.
Willson, James,
Thomas, Abraham,
Thomas, David, Thomas, John,
Zolinger, Alexander,
Zolinger, Petter.
Acknowledgments.
This document belongs to Mrs. T. S. Cunningham, of Waynesboro, a daughter of John Wallace, III, and acknowledgments are due to her for its use as well as for many other courtesies extended to the author.
Note 42. Text page 173.
John G. Orr, in "General Washing- ton in Franklin County."
In 1788 there were in Franklin county seventy-one stills returned as taxable in value from five to seven and ten dollars each. On most of them the assessed value was seven dollars. In Antrim township there were twenty-five; Fannet township, six: Guilford, five; Hamil- ton, four; Letterkenny, nine; Lurgan, six; Peters, five: Southamp- ton. three; Washington, eight. These stills had a capacity ranging from ten to one hundred gallons each.
Note 43. Text page 177.
First Defenders.
The first companies to leave Franklin county were "Union Volun- teers" of Chambersburg, Captain Jeremiah Snider; "Franklin Rifle- men" of Chambersburg, Captain Henry Reges; "Concord Light Infantry" of Concord. Captain Michael Harper; "Mercersburg Rifles" of Mercersburg, Captain Frederick Hays; "Antrim Greens" of Greencastle, Captain Andrew Oaks.
Note 44. Text page 181.
The following is a copy of the roll of Captain Gordon's company on file in the War Department at Washington city:
Waynesburg Company, March 1, 1814. Captain, Samuel Gordon. First Lieutenant, William Dick. Second Lieutenant, William Patton. Third Lieutenant, James Burns. Ensign, William Miller.
First, Hugh Davison. Second, Charles Miller.
Sergeants. Third. James Scott. Fourth. Josiah Gordon.
First, Joseph Arthur,
Second, James Hall.
Drummer, Joseph Shilling.
Corporals. Third. John Rodman. Fourth, Philip Mason. Fifer, William Burgess.
Capt. Samuel Gor-
don's company,
1812-1814.
Thomas, Samuel, Troup, Adam, Trubey, Daniel,
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Privates.
NOTES.
Thomas Allen, William Alsip, Martin Beard, Henry Baugher, Benjamin Bump, George Burr, Frederick Beverson, John Baker, Michael Borer, Jacob Baker, Peter Baker, Michael Bear, Adam Brown, Conrad Croft, John Coon. John Craig, Richard Cahil, William Clem, John Carver, William Clark, Richard Donahue, William Divelbiss, John Dowman, Edward Detrick, George Davis, Samuel Dean, Jacob Decmer. John Davis, Adam Din- can. Jacob Eby, George Ensminger, William Edwards, Nathaniel Fips. Joseph Flora, John Fisher, Michael Fritz, Henry Geiger. George Glaze, Moses Getrich, John Greenly, John Graham, John Huber, Joseph Hoffman, William Hardin, George Harmony. James Hardy, John Hawk, Peter Harger, John Irwin, David Johnston, John Jefferey, Nathaniel King, Jacob Keefer, William Kline, William King, Peter Keefer, Matthew King, James Logan, Benjamin Lewis, Jacob Liepert, John M'Colley, John M'Con- nell, Alexander M'Mullen, Peter Myers, William Miller, John M'Neal, John M'Clay, Philip Myers, William Mahaffy, Murdock Mitchell, John M'Curdy, Robert M'Clelland, Daniel Mentzer, G. M. Miller, George Miller, George Neff, Joseph Neal, Nathan Phipps, Abraham Piaceare, William Pearslake, Thomas Poe, Erasmus Quarters, Andrew Robertson, William Reeseman, John Ritter, Adam Rankin, Adam Ream, Christopher Sites, Frederick Stumbaugh, Jacob Stauffer, Nicholas Smith, Jacob Smith, Henry Satin, Joseph Tice, James Thompson. Henry Unger, William Wolf, William Whitman, Henry Weaver.
In accord with the policy, wisely adopted at the outset, by the Centennial Association and heartily endorsed by the author of this book, no attempt has been made to include in the present history of Waynesboro, any collection of biographical or genealogical sketches. Mention has been made of individuals, whose connection with public events, rendered some mention of them necessary. If, therefore, it shall appear to any one that mention of individuais has been omitted, which may have been looked for, let it be understood, that the writer has been governed by the rule, above laid down, and that no conscious partiality has been shown in any quarter.
The following is the roll of the company of Captain John Flanagan, Note 46. on file in the War Department at Washington City:
Waynesburg Company, September, 1814. Captain, John Flanagan. Lieutenant, William Bivins. Ensign, Daniel M'Farlin. Sergeants. Third, William Downey. Fourth. George Foreman.
First, Robert Gordon. Second, George Cochran.
Note 45. Text page 181. An explanation.
Text page 185. Captain John Flanagan's com- pany, 1812-1814.
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Privates.
Samuel Allison, John Bowman, John Bormest, Christian Bech- tel, David Beaver, William Barnet, Hugh Blair, William Call, James Duncan, Joseph Fulton, Jacob Fry, Loudon Fullerton, James Fullerton, James Gettys, George Gettier, Samuel Green, Peter Haulman, Daniel Haulman, James Harshman, David Heff- ner, Daniel Hartman, James Hayden, George Koontz, Daniel Logan, John Logan. William Mooney, Joseph Misner, James M'Cray, William M'Dowell. John Oellig, Maximillian Ober- meyer, George Price, Robert Ray, Abraham Roberson, Adam Stonebraker. John Sheffler, John Stoner, David Springer, Alex- ander Stewart, George Weagley, David Weaver.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER IX.
IN WAR TIMES .- PART II.
Note 47.
Text page 195.
Off. Rec., Ser. I, Vol. XIX, part II, page 248.
General McClellan's views of Lee's northward movement in 1862: "Headquarters Army of the Potomac. September 10, 1862 .- 10.30 P. M.
Andrew G. Curtin,
Governor of Pennsylvania:
Everything that we can learn induces me to believe that the information you have received is substantially correct. I think the enemy are checked in the directions of Baltimore and Gettys- burg. You should concentrate all the troops you can in the vicinity of Chambersburg, not entirely neglecting Gettysburg. I will follow them up as rapidly as possible, and do all I can to check their movement into Pennsylvania. Call out the militia, especially mounted men, and do everything in your power to impede the enemy by the action of light troops; attack them in flank, destroying their trains and any property which must inevitably come into their possession. You may be sure that I will follow them as closely as I can, and fight them whenever I can find them. It is as much my interest as yours to preserve the soil of Pennsylvania from invasion, or, failing in that, to destroy any army that may have the temerity to attempt it. George B. McClellan, Major-General."
Note 48. Text page 197. Off. Rec., Ser. J. Vol. XIX, part II, page 24S.
General Hooker's Grievance:
Hdqrs. Third Corps Army of Virginia. Ridgeville, Md., September 12, 1862.
Brig. Gen. S. Williams, Assistant Adjutant-General.
I have just been shown an order relieving Brigadier-Genera1 Reynolds from a command of a division in my corps. I request that the Major-General commanding will not heed this order;
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a scared Governor ought not to be permitted to destroy the use- NOTES. fulness of an entire division of the army, on the eve of im- portant operations.
General Reynolds commands a division of Pennsylvania troops of not the best character; is well known to them, and I have no officer to fill his place.
It is satisfactory to my mind that the rebels have no more in- tention of going to Harrisburg than they have of going to heaven.
It is only in the United States that atrocities like this are entertained.
Very respectfully, &c., Joseph Hooker, Major General, Commanding Corps."
The official return made by Captain Cowles of the amount of stores captured and destroyed at Chambersburg has not been, un- fortunately, found, but from a casual record made at the time it is certain that the raiders succeeded in carrying away and destroying nearly two thousand muskets, about three hundred navy revolvers, the same number of cavalry sabers and cavalry uniforms. Besides this, the amount of ammunition destroyed was very large. Besides the shells and larger ammunition, there was a very large quantity of "buck and ball." and Springfield and Enfield rifle cartridges. There is no way of estimating the amount of general property which was carried away on this occasion, but it is generally believed that Stuart took with him over twelve hundred horses, chiefly from the county of Franklin.
The Franklin county citizens who were taken by Stuart as hostages were as follows: Perry A. Rice. Esq., Daniel Shaffer. C. Lauder- baugh, John McDowell, George G. Rupley, and George Steiner, of Mercersburg; Joseph Wingert, postmaster at Clay Lick Hall: Wil- liam Conner and son, Thomas, John Paxton, S. Shroder and A. Hartman, of Adams county. Steiner escaped from them at Bridge- port; McDowell, Rupley, Lauderbaugh and Wingert were either re- leased, or made their escape, at Chambersburg: Rice, Shaffer and Conner were taken to Richmond and incarcerated in Libbey prison: Paxton also escaped in Maryland; Shaffer and Conner were subse- quently exchanged and returned home; but Perry Rice never again saw his home-he died in prison.
CHAPTER X. CHAPTER X.
IN WAR TIMES .- PART III. Note 51. Text page 222.
Captain Bell's cavalry, of Gettysburg, and a portion of the Phila- delphia State Troop, are said to have been the forces which en- countered Jenkins' men at Monterey.
Note 49. Text page 210. Army stores de- stroved in Cham- hersburg.
Note 50. Text page 210. Hostages taken by Stuart.
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Note 52. Text page 224.
Captain W. H. Boyd was one of the bravest and most popular of the Union soldiers, who operated in the valley during the war. He became closely identified with the people of Franklin county, and, with his family, took up his residence in Chambersburg, where they Capt. W. H. Boyd. resided at the time the town was burned. When Major Harry Gil- more, the Confederate officer who had charge of the burning of the town, learned who Mrs. Boyd and her family were, he prevented their home from being burned. Their residence was what was then known as "Federal Hill." It is now the location of the Children's Industrial Home. Captain Boyd, in later years, was known to the people of Harrisburg as the compiler of their city directory.
Note 53. Text page 227. A Confederate Pass.
The Confederate pass reproduced in the text, and here printed in full, the author presents with some hesitation. He trusts that he does not lay himself open to the charge of egotism. The document is prized as a relic, and is introduced here because of its local char- acter:
"Hd. Qrs. Cav. Brigade, Chambersburg, June 23, '63.
Order No. 3.
Citizen Neade has permission to go after his cows across the Franklin Railroad in direction of Waynesborough, morning and evening until further orders.
Brig. Gen. A. G. Jenkins, N. Fitzhugh, A. A. General.
Approved, Jos. A. Battle, Col. Comg. Post. June 24, 1863."
Note 54. Text page 230. Strength of South- ern army in Penn- ty pieces of artillery and one thousand wagons.
sylvania.
The strength of the Southern army in Pennsylvania, during the invasion, has been estimated as follows: .
Ewell's corps, fifteen thousand, infantry, artillery and cavalry, six-
A. P. Hill's corps, fifteen thousand, infantry, artillery and cavalry. sixty pieces of artillery and one thousand wagons.
Longstreet's corps, twenty thousand, infantry, artillery and cavalry, eighty pieces of artillery and one thousand wagons.
Colonel Taylor, Lee's adjutant general, says that the army, on this occasion, consisted of sixty-nine thousand men of all arms, distribut- ed as follows:
Infantry, fifty-five thousand five hundred; cavalry, nine thousand; artillery, four thousand five hundred.
Note 55. Text page 231. Ulrich Dahlgreen.
There was a good deal of daring work done by the Union cavalry scouts on the flanks of Lee's army during the battle of Gettysburg. One particular exploit was that which took place on the second of July, of a company of Union cavalry, under command of Ulrich Dahlgreen, which crossed from the Federal column by Monterey
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Pass, to Greencastle, and engaged the Confederate cavalry NOTES. there, capturing a mail. After this exploit it returned by the Waynesboro road, barricading the road behind it. On July fourth. Captain Dahlgreen made another attack of the same kind.
In response to a letter, addressed to Brigadier General John M. Note 56. Wilson, Chief of Engineers, United States Army, by William A. Kelker, Librarian of the Dauphin County Historical Society, ask- ing for information with regard to "Fort Washington," a complete copy of Captain Wheeler's report. with the accompanying map, or sketch, of the works was furnished by General Wilson (April 17. 1900), and is now in the possession of the Dauphin County Historical Society.
In his communication to Mr. Kelker, General Wilson adds the in- formation that: "There is no record of the names of the fortifica- tions as built, but it is probable that they embrace the so-called 'Forts Washington and Henry Clay.'"
He also adds: "It appears that in the fall of 1864, a more elaborate project for fortifications to protect the crossings of the Susquehanna river, at Harrisburg, was prepared, but no work seems to have been done under the project."
Morrow Burns, of near Waynesboro, John Oller, Daniel Hollinger, Richard Bonebrake, Hugh Sibbett, and others, were captured about the time the attack was being made upon the wagon train, and were held prisoners for a considerable time, involuntary witnesses of the exciting scene.
The following letter, written to Edward Bok, Esq., of New York. discloses the position assumed by General Early with respect to the destruction of Chambersburg:
"Lynchburg, Va., June 6th, 1882.
Dear Sir.
In reply to your inquiries I have to inform you that the town of Chambersburg was burned on the same day on which the demand on it was made by McCausland and refused. It was ascertained that a force of the enemy's cavalry was approach- ing, and there was no time for delay. Moreover, the refusal was peremptory, and there was no reason for delay, unless the de- mand was a mere idle threat.
As to the other inquiry, I had no knowledge of what amount of money there might be in Chambersburg. I knew that it was a town of some twelve thousand inhabitants.
The town of Frederick, in Maryland, which was a much smaller town than Chambersburg had, in June, very promptly responded to my demand on it for $200,000, some of the inhabitants, who were friendly to us, expressing regret that I had not put my de- mand at $500,000. There was one or more National Banks at Chambersburg, and the town ought to have been able to raise the sum I demanded. I never heard that the refusal was based
Text page 236. Sketch of Fort Washington.
Note 57. Text page 242.
Note 58. Text page 250. A letter from Gen- eral Jubal A. Early.
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on inability to pay such a sum, and there was no offer to pay any sum. The value of the houses destroyed by Hunter, with their contents, was fully $100,000 in gold, and at the time I made the demand the price of gold in greenbacks had very nearly reached $3 and was going up rapidly. Hence it was that I required the $500,000 in greenbacks. if the gold was not paid, to provide against any further depreciation of the paper money.
I would have been fully justified by the laws of retaliation in war in burning the town without giving the inhabitants the op- portunity of redeeming it.
Very respectfully yours, J. A. Early. Edward W. Bok. Esq., Brooklyn, N. Y."
T'ide also letter of General Early to J. Hoke. Esq., published in "The Great Invasion," page 589.
Note 59. Text page 255. A question for Averell.
Why the messages of General Couch were not received and an- swered earlier by General Averell, who claims that he did not receive any of them until 3.30 o'clock in the morning, and why, after he did receive them and after he heard the signal guns at Chambersburg. he did not at once advance to that point, are questions which have been much discussed.
Note 60. Text page 257. Lieut. McLean.
Lieutenant McLean had two men of his command and eight horses wounded. The enemy had three killed and six wounded. on the ad- vance between Mercersburg and Chambersburg. Lieutenant Under- hill's gun, by its discharge of cannister, killed one and wounded four.
Note 6I.
Text page 259. Commanders of Walker Post. Time of Service.
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