Summary:
Union Secretary of War Edwin Stanton writes General Darius Couch on July 30, 1864, to ask for more information on the Confederate capture of Chambersburg and Union attempts to prevent it.

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Maj.-Gen. COUCH,
Carlisle.

July 30, 1864

You report the enemy as having entered Chambersburg, but say nothing as to what force he is in, nor what you are doing at Carlisle or anywhere else for the defense of your department. The Department would be glad to have some information from you on these points.

EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.

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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.