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B. S. (Benjamin Shroder) Schneck
1806–1874
A Pennsylvania Reformed minister and writer, he is best remembered for recording the 1864 burning of Chambersburg in a vivid firsthand-era account. His work links local history, church life, and the upheaval of the Civil War.
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The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
by B. S. (Benjamin Shroder) Schneck
About the author
Born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1806, Benjamin Shroder Schneck became a minister in the German Reformed Church after studying theology and being ordained in the 1820s. Sources describe him as serving a number of congregations before later settling in Chambersburg, where he became a prominent church figure.
Schneck also wrote and edited religious and historical works. He is most widely associated with The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (published in 1864), a contemporary account of the Confederate destruction of the town during the Civil War. Library and archive records also identify him as the author of Mercersburg Theology Inconsistent with Protestant and Reformed Doctrine, published in 1874.
He died in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 1874. I couldn't confirm a reliable portrait from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included here.