Summary:
Robert E. Lee writes J. E. B. Stuart on July 10, 1863, to discuss the situation
in wake of Confederate defeat at Gettysburg. He reports that Pennsylvania
militia under General Darius Couch was seen at Chambersburg.
Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart:
July 10, 1863
Gen.:
I received last evening your note of the 9th, relative to information brought by your scouts. During the night, Lieut. Thomas L. Norwood, Thirty-seventh North Carolina Regt., who was wounded at Gettysburg and made his escape, arrived. He reports he passed at Waynesborough what he supposed a division of the enemy, though it was called a heavy column. He also stated he heard that another column was passing down toward Boonsborough, and a third to Fredericktown. Notify B. H. Robertson to be on the lookout, and offer stiff resistance. Lieut. N. says that Gen. Couch, with Pennsylvania militia, was at Chambersburg. We must prepare for a vigorous battle, and trust in the mercy of God and the valor of our troops. Get your men in hand, and have everything ready.
Very truly,
R. E. LEE,
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 991, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
