Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, issues orders for
positioning troops to the commanding officer at Loudon Gap in August, 1864.
COMDG. OFFICER,
Loudon Gap:
Chambersburg, Pa.,
August 26, 1864
SIR:
There will be a force of our cavalry at McConnellsburg this afternoon. Make arrangements with the commanding officer there to keep you informed should the enemy enter the valley of McConnellsburg. We also have cavalry at Mercersburg. It will be well during the present excitement to have a lieutenant with fifteen men at the lower fort in the direction of Loudon, to be ready to stop up road upon positive information that the rebels are approaching the mountain. You will keep your men well in hand and allow no more straggling and thieving from the poor people down the mountain.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
D. N. COUCH,
Maj.-Gen., Cmdg. Department.
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.
