Summary:
Union General George G. Meade writes General Darius Couch, commanding in Chambersburg, in July, 1863. Meade discusses operations and movements in the aftermath of the Gettysburg campaign.

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Maj. Gen. D. N. Couch,
Chambersburg:

Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac,

July 16, 1863

Col. A. T. McReynolds has been instructed to watch and guard with his command the Potomac from Harper's Ferry to Williamsport. He is in the vicinity of Hagerstown. Please give him such instructions as you may think necessary. I do not wish to give him any orders, excepting through you. I must look to you to guard the river above Harper's Ferry. I shall require, for active operations, all the troops I have with me.

Please acknowledge.

GEO. G. MEADE,
Maj.-Gen., 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 712, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.