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

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Brig. Gen. W. W. AVERELL:

CHAMBERSBURG,

July 27, 1864.

I have just received the following telegram from Mr. J. O. Carson, at Mercersburg. He says:

We have reliable information that the rebels are crossing at Back Creek and McCoy's Ferry; also below Cherry Run; also at Four Locks, some infantry and some cavalry. What their intended movements are I don't know.

Please give me any information that you may have from the places he mentions.

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