Summary:
Union General John Wool notifies General McClellan of preparations to send troops
to retake Chambersburg that fell to Confederate cavalry in October, 1862.
Maj. Gen. McCLELLAN, Knoxville, Md.:
BALTIMORE,
October 10, 1862
I have received a dispatch from Governor Curtin that the rebels are in force at Chambersburg. I will send several regiments from this city, and I will be at Harrisburg as soon as possible.
JOHN E. WOOL,
Maj.-Gen.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 19, Serial No. 28, Pages 65, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.