Summary:
Union General in Chief Henry Halleck writes Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, in July, 1863, regarding appointment of officers.

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

Washington, D. C.,

July 22, 1863

If you wish Gen. Smith to command at Harper's Ferry, Gen. Lockwood should be relieved. You have no authority, so far as I am aware, to place a junior officer over a senior.

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