Summary:
Army of the Potomac commander George G. Meade writes General Darius Couch commanding at Chambersburg in July, 1863. Meade asks Couch to make provisions for Confederate sick and wounded at Williamsport, captured in the aftermath of the Gettysburg campaign.

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

Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac,

July 17, 1863

I am informed that there are about 200 sick and wounded in the rebel hospitals at and in the vicinity of Williamsport. These officers and men should all be made prisoners of war, medical officers excepted, and removed at once to Hagerstown. None but our own troops should be at Williamsport. Will you please give instructions to have this matter attended to immediately?

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 714-715, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.