Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, writes in July, 1864, to General William Averell with reports that Confederate forces entered Mercersburg.

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Brig.-Gen. AVERELL:

CHAMBERSBURG,

July 29, 1864.

Some men in from Mercersburg say positively that about 6 p. m. two columns of rebels entered Mercersburg, and drove out our forces. They had two pieces of artillery with them. I think this reliable. McLean was trying to check them.

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