Summary:
Union General Darius Couch writes to Cumberland in July, 1864, to announce that Union General William Averell reentered Chambersburg only to find half the town burned.

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COMDG. OFFICER,
Cumberland:

HARRISBURG,

July 30, 1864.

Averell has reoccupied Chambersburg. McCausland laid one-half of the town in ashes. Breckinridge it is believe is marching west. Look for him.

D. N. COUCH,,lb> 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 516, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.