Summary:
Union General Darius Couch writes to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in July, 1864, to report the disposition of his forces. He mentions that he has infantry and artillery in Chambersburg.

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Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:

HARRISBURG, PA.,

July 9, 1864.

Your dispatch of 4 this p. m. in regard to batteries received. My cavalry occupied Hagerstown at 6 p. m . My whole force in the Valley consists of about 130 cavalry, 200 infantry, and 4 pieces of artillery. Infantry and artillery are in Chambersburg. A few enemy are reported between Hagerstown and Sharpsburg.

D. N. COUCH,
Maj.-Gen.

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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 37, Serial No. 71, Pages 150, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.