Summary:
In this July, 1863, dispatch, Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, writes to General in Chief Henry Halleck concerning the terms of service of New York State militia and Pennsylvania emergency troops raised to help repel Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg campaign.

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Maj. Gen. H. W. Halleck,
Gen.-in-Chief:

Chambersburg, Pa.,

July 16, 1863

Sir:

The movement of New York troops, via Frederick, was suspended last night by telegraph. Those men were dissatisfied at having to march into Maryland. It will be better to keep faith as to term of service, if possible.

The emergency men of this State say that their time is up. Please inform me if the War Department will decide when those, as well as the militia, are to be discharged.

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