Records Related to Franklin County Regiments



From: D. N. COUCH, Maj.-Gen.
July 15, 1863.

Summary:
Union General Darius Couch writes from Chambersburg to General William F. Smith in July, 1863, regarding troop movements in the aftermath of the Gettysburg campaign.


Brig.-Gen. Smith:

Chambersburg,

July 15, 1863.

I want you to remain at Hagerstown for the present, and look to watching the river. I informed Meade to that effect. I can send you all the troops necessary for that purpose, besides having a large reserve under Dana to back you.

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


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