Summary:
In this July, 1864, dispatch, Union Assistant Adjutant H. M. Burleigh issues
orders to Captain N. J. Hopkins at Hagerstown to move supplies to Chambersburg
if threatened.
Capt. N. J. HOPKINS,
Assistant Quartermaster,
Hagerstown:
HDQRS.,
Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
July 3, 1864
If the enemy approach, move your stores to the most convenient point, Harrisburg or Chambersburg, Pa.
By command of Brig. Gen. Max Weber:
H. M. BURLEIGH,
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 24, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.