Summary:
Union Assistant Adjutant John Schultze writes from Chambersburg to notify Captain Samuel Walker of a Confederate withdrawal from the line of the Potomac, and to order him to disband his company of volunteer state guards.

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Capt. SAMUEL WALKER,
Carrick Furnace, Path Valley:

Chambersburg, Pa.,

August 20, 1864.

CAPT.:

The commanding general directs me to inform you that present indications are that the enemy are falling back from the Potomac River. If you have your company organized you had better disband it, subject to be ordered out at any time. You will be informed from these headquarters of any movement by the enemy in this direction.

I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. S. SCHULTZE,
Assistant Adjutant-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 960, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.