Summary:
Union General Darius Couch writes to Major John Schultze, ordering him to warn the people of the July, 1864, Confederate advance into Maryland and southern Pennsylvania, so that stock can be moved to safety north of Chambersburg.

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Maj. SCHULTZE:

HARRISBURG,

July 5, 1864.

Use every effort to warn the people of the rebel advance in order that their stock may be thrown north of Chambersburg, provided the rebels get Hagerstown. McLean's communications on his flanks should be well watched, and he must not hold on to long. It is pretty certain that Ewell's forces are near the Potomac, perhaps east of Harper's Ferry.

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