Summary:
Union General in Chief Henry Halleck writes Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, in July, 1863. Halleck asks Couch to send cavalry to Gettysburg to guard public property in the aftermath of the battle.

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Maj.-Gen. Couch,
Chambersburg, Pa.:

Washington, D. C.,

July 21, 1863

It is reported that the cavalry at Gettysburg have been ordered away. There must be a cavalry force to collect and guard public property there.

See to this immediately.

H. W. HALLECK,
Gen.-in-Chief.

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