Summary:
Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin forwards General-in-Chief Henry Halleck a
telegram from Chambersburg discussing the movements of Jeb Stuart's Confederate
Cavalry during his October, 1862, raid into Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
Gen.-in-Chief:
HARRISBURG, PA.,
October 13, 1862
The following just received, in answer to dispatch just sent you:
CHAMBERSBURG, October 13, 1862.
Governor CURTIN:
We had Junkin's rumors, with thousands of others, but they are entirely
unfounded. To approach Concord they must cross at London, 10 miles west from
here, on the pike, and we have word from there hourly. Concord is at the head of
Path Valley, and to enter it they must go by Mercersburg and London, and cross
Cove Mountain at London and Fannettsburg, and we could not be without the
information. It is entirely unfounded, and results from exaggerated rumors of
their cavalry being at Saint Thomas on Friday night. About 60 rebel cavalry are
just reported by one of our officers to be in the neighborhood of Fayetteville,
6 miles east, on the pike. They seem to have been scattered and retreating. We
are amply prepared for them, and every one appearing will be fired at. Col.
Grant is here with two Vermont regiments of artillery (infantry).
A. K.
McCLURE.
A. G. CURTIN,
Governor.
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 80, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
