Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, writes to General William
Averell, facing advancing Confederate forces in July, 1864. Couch notifies
Averell that his train has passed through town, mentions an operator who left
his post, and the arrival in town of a man without orders demanding an engine
for Averell.
Brig.-Gen. AVERELL:
CHAMBERSBURG,
July 29, 1864.
At 12.10 p. m. this day operator at Hagerstown left his instrument stating that he had been ordered by you to do so. After 2 p. m. it was reported that a man came to Greencastle, without any orders from Gen. Averell, demanding an engine. You train has just passed through. What is the state of affairs in your front?
D. N. COUCH,
Maj.-Gen.
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 508, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
