Summary:
In this July, 1863, dispatch, Union General in Chief Henry Halleck writes General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, with orders to send New York militia troops to New York City. The New York militia participated in the defense of Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg campaign, and are here being recalled, probably for service in putting down the New York City draft riots.

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Maj.-Gen. Couch,
Chambersburg, Pa.:

Washington,

July 14, 1863

Sir:

You will immediately detach two regiments of New York militia, and send them by railroad to New York, to report to Gen. Wool.

H. W. HALLECK,
Gen.-in-Chief.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 27, Serial No. 44, Pages 914, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.