Summary:
Union General Darius Couch reports to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton that several hundred Confederate troops occupied Chambersburg in June, 1863.

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Hon. E. M. Stanton,
Secretary of War:

Harrisburg,

June 16, 1863

Our latest is that the enemy, with 600 to 800 men, took possession of Chambersburg, and still hold it. We hope to have more certain information in an hour or so.

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. 45, Pages 161, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.