Summary:
Union Secretary of War Edwin Stanton writes General Darius Couch in June, 1863, to inquire about the situation in Pennsylvania and the size of the Confederate force at Chambersburg.

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Maj.-Gen. Couch, Harrisburg:

War Department,

June 17, 1863

You say the rebel force is 1,500 at Chambersburg. Is there any other rebel force in Pennsylvania? If so, where, and in what numbers?

An early and accurate answer is needed here, to determine movements against the enemy.

EDWIN M. STANTON.

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