Records Related to Franklin County Regiments



From: D. N. COUCH, Maj.-Gen.
July 24, 1863.

Summary:
Union General Darius Couch writes from Chambersburg to General Meade in July, 1863, to pass on information about the location of Lee's army.


Received 7.35 p. m.
Maj.-Gen. Meade,
Army of the Potomac:

Chambersburg, Pa.,

July 24, 1863.

McReynolds says that Lee yesterday was near Millwood with 65,000 men, having been re-enforced by D. H. Hill with 15,000 men. This information is claimed to be correct.

D. N. COUCH,
Maj.-Gen.


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


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