Summary:
These Union Special Orders issued by the Department of the Susquehanna at
Chambersburg in October, 1864, concern troop movements in Pennsylvania,
including the Chambersburg area.
Chambersburg, Pa.,
October 18, 1864.
3. Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley, U. S. Volunteers, commanding Monongahela District, will, without delay, send Capt. Thomas H. Bates, Company A, First Regt. New York Artillery, with one section of his battery and three companies of the First Battalion, 100-days' Pennsylvania Volunteers, from Pittsburg to Chambersburg, Pa., with directions to report to the assistant adjutant-general of the department for orders. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation by railroad.
4. Capt. George D. Stroud, Independent Mounted Company 100-days' Pennsylvania Volunteers, will proceed without delay with his company from Easton, Pa., to Philadelphia, and report to the military commander of the place, to be mustered out of the U. S. service. The Government property in the possession of the company will be transferred to the officers in charge of the respective departments at Philadelphia, Pa. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation.
5. Cap. E. B. Sanno, Independent Mounted Cavalry 100-days' Pennsylvania Volunteers, will proceed without delay with his company from Pittsburg to Harrisburg, Pa., and report to the post commander at that place, to be mustered out of the U. S. service. The Government property in his possession will be transferred to the officers in charge of the respective departments at Harrisburg, Pa. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation by railroad.
6. Capt. B. Lambert, Independent Mounted Company 100-days' Pennsylvania Volunteers, will proceed without delay with his company to Chambersburg, Pa., and report to the assistant adjutant-general of the department for orders. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation by railroad from Bloomsburg, Pa.
By command of Maj.-Gen. Couch:
JNO. S. SCHULTZE,
Assistant Adjutant-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. 91, Pages 409-410, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.
