Summary:
Union telegraph operator H. R. Fetterhoff reports to Union General William Averell on July 30, 1864, that telegraph wires to Chambersburg had been cut, and that Confederate forces threatened the town.

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Gen. AVERELL:

GREENCASTLE,

July 30, 1864.

The operator at Chambersburg tells me that the telegraph lines west of that place were cut about 1 a. m., and the enemy threaten Chambersburg.

Respectfully, yours,

H. R. FETTERHOFF,
Operator.

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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.