Summary:
Union General Darius Couch writes Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in June, 1863,
with the numbers of Confederate infantry, cavalry, and artillery that passed
through Chambersburg.
Hon. Secretary of War,
Washington, D. C.:
June 25, 1863
Ten thousand infantry, 700 cavalry, and twenty-four pieces of artillery passed through Chambersburg yesterday. Two thousand infantry, with cavalry, were at Shippensburg this morning.
The above reliable and true. Have a general order, published in Chambersburg by Ewell, 22d instant, relative to provost-marshal, &c.
Reports say that Ewell, with 20,000 men and forty to sixty pieces of artillery, is between Hagerstown and Shippensburg.
D. N. COUCH,
Maj.-Gen.
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 329, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.