Summary:
Union Chief of Staff Henry Halleck writes General David Hunter to discuss efforts to meet Confederate General Jubal Early's July, 1864, advance into Maryland and southern Pennsylvania. Halleck mentions the size of the Confederate force that entered Chambersburg.

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Maj.-Gen. HUNTER,
Harper's Ferry, W. Va.:

WASHINGTON,

July 30, 1864

Gen. Emory's command, of 4,600 infantry, will leave by cars this afternoon and evening for the Monocacy. His train, with small cavalry escort, will go by the Frederick pike. Clendenin's cavalry has been ordered to scout toward Emmitsburg and send back information. If the railroad can assist Wright's movement it should be used. Averell's cavalry should give a more satisfactory account of the enemy's movements. If the enemy's army crossed the Potomac yesterday morning, it certainly should have been reported here earlier than this morning. The rebel force that entered Chambersburg this morning does not seem to have been over 1,000. Nothing heard from there since.

H. W. HALLECK,
Maj.-Gen. and Chief of Staff.

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