Summary:
Union General Darius Couch responds from Chambersburg to General in Chief Henry Halleck's July, 1863, orders that New York militia troops be sent to New York City. The New York militia had participated in the defense of Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg campaign, and here are being recalled, probably to help put down the New York City draft riots.

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Received 8.15 p. m.
Maj.-Gen. Halleck:

Chambersburg, Pa.,

July 15, 1863.

Sir:

The New York troops, composing part of Smith's division, eleven regiments, are to take cars at Frederick for New York.

D. N. COUCH,
Maj.-Gen.

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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 920, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.