Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, writes General William Averell in July, 1864, with details about the Confederate capture of Mercersburg.

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Brig. Gen. W. W. AVERELL:

CHAMBERSBURG,

July 29, 1864

Lieut. McLean was driven out of Mercersburg by about 200 of the enemy. A force of about 500 and two pieces of artillery afterward came up.

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.