Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, reports to General Henry
Halleck in August, 1864, concerning troop positions.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
Chief of Staff.
CHAMBERSBURG,
August 26, 1864
Enemy have withdrawn their artillery from opposite Williamsport. Our forces hold the fords. Early reported with his main body near Shepherdstown.
D. N. COUCH,
Maj.-Gen.
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 928, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.