Summary:
Union General William Averell reports to General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, on the approach of Confederate forces during General Jubal Early's July and August, 1864, raid into southern Pennsylvania and Maryland.

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

HAGERSTOWN, MD.,

July 27, 1864.

Word has been sent me from Martinsburg that Early, Breckinridge, Ransom & Co., were in the town this morning. It was reported in the rebel camp that a column had gone toward Cumberland. It was said that 20,000 rebels were about Martinsburg.

WM. W. AVERELL,
Brig.-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 476, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.