Summary:
In this October, 1863, dispatch, Union General in Chief Henry Halleck writes General Darius Couch, commanding the Department of the Susquehanna at Chambersburg, concerning the movement of troops to reinforce Harper's Ferry.

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

Washington,

October 20, 1863

Cmdg. officer at Harper's Ferry cannot countermand my orders. All of your troops were ordered to move down to the Potomac, in a position to re-enforce Harper's Ferry. It is believed that Stuart will make a cavalry raid into Maryland and Pennsylvania, while Lee will attempt to cut off or reduce Harper's Ferry.

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