Summary:
In this October, 1863, dispatch, Union General in Chief Henry Halleck writes General Darius Couch, commanding the Department of the Susquehanna at Chambersburg. Halleck orders Couch to send troops toward the Potomac in support of Harper's Ferry.

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

Washington,

October 18, 1863

The enemy has appeared in some force at Charlestown. Your troops will move down in supporting distance of Harper's Ferry, so as to re-enforce Maryland Heights, should the enemy cross the river.

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 29, Serial No. 49, Pages 350, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.