Summary:
Union General Darius Couch writes Secretary of War Edwin Stanton on July 30, 1864, with specifics on the Confederate force that entered Chambersburg, and his own response to the crisis. He mentions that Pennsylvania governor Andrew Curtin made an appeal to the people, and that provost and hospital guards at Philadelphia may have to be called to duty.

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Hon. E. M. STANTON:

HARRISBURG, PA.,

July 30, 1864.

I suppose that the enemy's force that entered Chambersburg is not less than 800 cavalry and some guns. All of my spare men had been sent to Gen. Averell. The Governor, I understand, has made an appeal to people, and I shall, if necessary, order up the provost and hospital guards at Philadelphia. Have just seen the Governor. His course of action has not been decided on.

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.