Summary:
Union General in Chief Henry Halleck writes to General Darius Couch, stationed at Chambersburg, in July, 1863, after the battle of Gettysburg. Halleck orders Couch to ignore the transportation problems in the area and move forward, living off the land if possible. Couch most likely was to participate in the pursuit of Confederate forces retreating south.

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Maj.-Gen. Couch,
Chambersburg, Pa.:

War Department,
Washington,

July 13, 1863

Your telegram to Gen. Meade, that you cannot move for want of transportation, is received. Take it wherever you can find it, and, if you can find none, go without it, and live on the country. Do not stop at trifles at this crisis, but prove yourself equal to the emergency.

H. W. HALLECK,
Gen.-in-Chief.

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