Summary:
Union General Robert Schenck reports to General in Chief Henry Halleck in June, 1863, that Confederate cavalry has left Chambersburg.

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

Baltimore, Md.,

June 20, 1863

As it is now certain that the enemy has advanced to Monocacy, and his scouts were this afternoon within 7 miles of Westminster, still nearer, I suggest that Couch's forces at Harrisburg may be more needed here than there. The rebel cavalry, it appears, have entirely left Chambersburg, and fallen back to Hagerstown. It is important, if possible, to keep open the Northern Central Railroad.

ROBT. C. SCHENCK,
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 233, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.