Summary:
Union General Darius Couch writes Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in June, 1863, to report that a Confederate force has fallen back from Chambersburg.

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Hon. Secretary of War:

Harrisburg,

June 17, 1863

The only rebel force I know of in Pennsylvania is the one of 1,500 that has fallen back of Chambersburg 2 miles. No rebels north of Hancock, as reported. We have reliable dispositions for getting information in the valley north of Hancock. Some of Milroy's stragglers retreated that way.

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.