Summary:
Union General Darius Couch writes Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in June, 1863, to announce that Confederate forces have left Chambersburg.

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Hon. Secretary of War:

Harrisburg,

June 17, 1863

I have information that rebels have evacuated Chambersburg. I send this evening to Shippensburg an observing force of infantry.

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