Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, writes General William Averell on July 30, 1864, to notify him that Confederate forces are drawing near Chambersburg. Couch relays his intentions to hold the town as long as possible and asks for Averell's plans.

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Gen. W. W. AVERELL:

CHAMBERSBURG,

July 30, 1864

The enemy are advancing on the Loudon pike. Let me know what you intend doing. I will endeavor to hold the town until daylight.

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