Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, reports to General in Chief Henry Halleck on July 30, 1864, on the progress of the Confederate raid into southern Pennsylvania.

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Maj.-Gen. HALLECK,
Chief of Staff:

CHAMBERSBURG, PA.,

July 30, 1864--3 a. m.
Received 3.30 a. m.

Gen. Averell informs me that the enemy commenced crossing at McCoy's Ferry at daylight 29th instant, and continued up to 11 a. m. same day, with cavalry, artillery, and infantry. Commenced crossing at Williamsport at 10 a. m. with cavalry, and at Falling Waters at the same time with cavalry and trains; at Shepherdstown with cavalry at the same time. Gen. Averell was forced to fall back to Greencastle, where he now is with his whole force. The camp-fires of the enemy are about four miles south of Greencastle. They have shown a column toward Leitersburg, and about 600 have advanced to Mercersburg, where they drove my pickets back to Bridgeport, in the rear of Saint Thomas. It will thus be seen that the enemy is moving in three columns.

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