Summary:
Union General Darius Couch writes from Chambersburg to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton in July, 1863, to discuss the militia and emergency men raised to defend Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg campaign.

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Received 9.40 p. m.
Hon. E. M. Stanton,
Secretary of War:

Chambersburg, Pa.,

July 14, 1863

There are in this department, including those with Gen. Meade, about 20,000 militia and emergency men, organized and equipped. Shall more militia regiments be raised?

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