Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, writes General in Chief Henry Halleck in July, 1864, to report General Averell's sighting of advancing Confederates, probably forces invading Maryland and southern Pennsylvania under Jubal Early.

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Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
Chief of Staff:

CHAMBERSBURG, PA.,

July 29, 1864

Gen. Averell reports enemy making strong demonstration on Williamsport road. They crossed this morning in some force at McCoy's Ferry with artillery.

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