Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, reports to Chief of Staff Henry Halleck on fighting around Hagerstown in July, 1864, as Confederate forces under Jubal Early advanced into Maryland.

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

CHAMBERSBURG, PA.,

July 29, 1864.

At 12.10 to-day operator left Hagerstown. At 2.40 it was reported the town was still held by us, but no telegraphic communication.

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.