Summary:
Army of the Potomac Chief of Staff Andrew Humphreys writes General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, in August, 1863, to notify him that General Meade no longer retains Couch's troops under his command.

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Maj.-Gen. Couch, Chambersburg:

Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac,

August 1, 1863

I am instructed by the major-general commanding to say that he is now so far separated from you that he relinquishes further control over the forces under your command, and that Brig.-Gen. Lockwood, commanding at Harper's Ferry, has been ordered to report to Maj.-Gen. Schenck.

A. A. HUMPHREYS,
Maj.-Gen., and Chief of Staff.

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