Summary:
Union General William Averell writes to General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, to request men and report on Confederate movements in the opening stages of General Jubal Early's July and August, 1864, raid into Maryland and southern Pennsylvania.

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

HAGERSTOWN, MD.,

July 27, 1864.

Could you spare me Capt. Sanno's company, now at Waynesborough, for picket duty on the river a few days? I need them. Crook has moved to join Wright. Enemy burned Back Creek bridge this morning.

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