Summary:
Union general Darius Couch reports to Edwin Stanton and Chief of Staff Henry Halleck on July 30, 1864, to report on the burning of Chambersburg by raiding Confederate troops. He mentions the destruction of specific buildings.

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SECRETARY OF WAR and
Maj.-Gen. HALLECK:

HARRISBURG,

July 30, 1864.

I get no news of Averell. It seems to be reliable that the citizens of Chambersburg declined or could not ransom this time, upon which some public buildings, my headquarters, and Col. McClure's house were burnt. No rebel infantry as yet at Chambersburg. Our people in quiet possession of Shippensburg.

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