Summary:
Union cavalry colonel L. B. Pierce reports to General Darius Couch in July, 1863, on the pursuit of Confederate forces retreating from Gettysburg. Pierce mentions taking and paroling prisoners at Chambersburg, as well as skirmishing in the area.

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Gen. Couch, Harrisburg:

Mercersburg,

July 6, 1863.

I learn direct from Millstone Point that the rebels are retreating in great haste, with a large force of cavalry to guard their train. Just as soon as I can secure what I have now got, will pitch into them again. Eighty-three prisoners taken and paroled at Chambersburg last night by First New York Cavalry, under Maj. A. W. Adams. He reports Gen. Jenkins, with a large body of cavalry, seen 3 1/2 miles from Chambersburg, on Greencastle road. He drove in their pickets, and went in sight of their camp.

L. B. PIERCE,
Col., Comdg.

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