Summary:
In this July, 1863, dispatch, Union General Darius Couch reports to General George Meade on the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg, and announces the entrance of his own forces into Chambersburg.

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Received, War Department, 11.45 a. m.
Maj.-Gen. Meade:

Harrisburg, Pa.,

July 6, 1863

One hour ago the enemy were still retreating, through Fayetteville, toward the Potomac.

My people are entering Chambersburg.

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