Summary:
In this October, 1864, dispatch, Union Assistant Adjutant John Schultze writes from Chambersburg to Colonel Charles Stewart with marching orders for his command.

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Lieut. Col. CHARLES STEWART,
Cmdg. U. S. Forces, near Back Creek:

Chambersburg, Pa.,

October 24, 1864.

COL.;

In obedience to paragraph 11, Special Orders, No. 252, from these headquarters, dated October 24, 1864, you will march your command as follows: From present camp, via Saint Thomas and Mercersburg, to near the Maryland line; from there to Middleburg; from Middleburg to Waynesborough; from Waynesborough, via Greencastel, to Upton, where you will halt your command and report for orders. The strictest discipline will be observed in the march; all officers to be with their companies. No straggling must be allowed. Camp guards will be established, before the troops stack arms, on arriving in camp. No offices will be permitted to leave camp or their command without proper authority from the commanding officer of the troops. The march will be an easy one with frequent halts.

I am, colonel, 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. 91, Pages 463, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.