Summary:
Union General George Meade asks that General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, take command of forces at Maryland Heights in this July, 1863, dispatch.

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H. W. Halleck,
Gen.-in-Chief:
Maj.-Gen. Couch, Chambersburg:

Hdqrs., Chambersburg, Pa.,

July 21, 1863.

I request that you will assume command of the troops at Maryland Heights and vicinity. If, however, you desire that Gen. Schenck should command at that point, you can arrange for it through Gen. Halleck.

GEO. G. MEADE,
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 736, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.