Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, writes General William Averell in August, 1864, to report troop positions.

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Brig.-Gen. AVERELL,
Cmdg. Cavalry Division, &c.:

Chambersburg, Pa.,

August 23, 1864.

GEN.:

I have at this place one company of cavalry, two companies infantry, and two pieces of artillery; four additional pieces will be down to-day. At Greencastle and Mercersburg, each, one company of mounted men; two companies of infantry in the gaps between Mercersburg, Loudon, and McConnellsburg, and one in the gap between here and Gettysburg. Should the enemy advance into this valley these gaps will be closed, and, I trust, held.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

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 43, Serial No. 90, Pages 894, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.