Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, reports to General William Averell on fighting near Merecersburg in July, 1864.

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Brig. Gen. W. W. AVERELL:

CHAMBERSBURG,

July 30, 1864

Lieut. McLean's pickets have just been driven in at Bridgeport, on the road leading from Mercersburg to Saint Thomas. The force moving via Mercersburg have at least two pieces of artillery with 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 514, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.