Summary:
J. D. Cameron writes in July, 1861, to Secretary of War Simon Cameron concerning a riot over late pay among men of the Second Pennsylvania, a regiment composed mostly of men from Chambersburg.

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Hon. SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War:

HARRISBURG,

July 27, 1861.

The trouble was caused by the officers of the Second Regiment, who told their men that they had all their rolls prepared, and when excited about not being paid, instead of trying to quiet them, urged them on to riot. The excitement delayed everything to-day. Paymaster Jolly is preparing the rolls of that regiment, and Brua up to time of the riot was paying the First and Twenty-fifth. The paymasters were doing their duty, and if the officers had done theirs everything would have been well. All is quiet now. Gen. Keim ordered out the regiment of three-years' men, who dispersed the mob. The Second is composed principally of men from Chambersburg.

J. D. CAMERON.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 3, Volume 1, Serial No. 122, Pages 359, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.