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.