Schneck writes to his sister, Margaretta, about his trip west through Ohio, and how he was forced to turn back after rumors of an imminent Confederate march into Pennsylvania.
Schneck's letter describes the wounded soldiers of a battle, and asks how to get in touch with his sister's son, Daniel.
Schneck writes his sister about a Confederate raid on their horses and supply depot, as well as a false alarm that almost sent many civilians up in arms against their own Union forces.
Schneck's letter describes the Confederate invasion and burning of Chambersburg of late-July 1864.
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