Summary:
Union General William Averell reports to General David Hunter in August, 1864, on the capture of a Confederate officer who had participated in the cavalry raid north of the Potomac. Averell reports that orders for the burning of Chambersburg came from General Jubal Early.

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Maj.-Gen. HUNTER,
Cmdg. Department of West Virginia:

AUGUST 8, 1864.

Maj. Green, chief engineer on the staff of Gen. Ewell, serving with Early, was captured at Moorefield. McCausland had received orders to march to Winchester at 2 a. m. 7th. No information of re-enforcements to Early has been gained. The order for the burning of Chambersburg was given by Early. McCausland's expedition was considered of great importance; parts of other cavalry divisions were dismounted to fit him out.

WM. W. AVERELL,
Brig.-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 43, Serial No. 90, Pages 733-734, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.