Summary:
These July, 1864, Union orders issued by the Department of the Susquehanna
instruct General Thomas Rowley to proceed to Chambersburg and assume command of
the forces in the area.
Harrisburg, Pa.
July 8, 1864.
1. Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley, U. S. Volunteers, will proceed without delay to Chambersburg, Pa., and assume command of all the military forces in that region.
By command of Maj.-Gen. Couch:
JNO. S. SCHULTZE,
Assistant Adjutant-Gen.
Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 37, Serial No. 71, Pages 132, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.