Summary:
Union General William Averell writes General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, to request reinforcements in July, 1864.

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

HAGERSTOWN, MD.,

July 27, 1864.

I shall be greatly obliged if you will let me have all the mounted companies you can spare a few days for picket duty, so that my division can be concentrated for offensive or defensive operations.

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.