Summary:
In this November, 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 to deal with draft resisters in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania.

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

WASHINGTON,

November 21, 1863.

GEN.:

In reply to your letter of November 13, I am directed by the Secretary of War to say that you will dispose of a sufficient number of troops of your command as will furnish the necessary protection to the disturbed mining districts.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

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