Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

==== Chambersburg's Reconstruction ====

A combination of state and private funding rebuilt Chambersburg. However, many new buildings were erected quickly and not initially built to the original standards. It took more than 30 years to fully restore the town's housing stock to pre-Civil War standards. As discussed further below, Chambersburg was the site of one of the 69 schools established by Pennsylvania to educate children orphaned by the war, and which remained when all other such were closed decades later. Known as "[[The Scotland School for Veterans Children]]" after the 1890s, it remained open until 2010 and graduated more than 10,000 children during its lifetime.