Summary:
These Union Special Orders issued by the Department of the Susquehanna in
Chambersburg in October, 1864, deal with the movement of troops through
Chambersburg.
Chambersburg, Pa.,
October, 29, 1864.
3. Upon being relieved by Lieut. W. F. Austin, Independent Mounted Company 100 days' Pennsylvania Volunteers, Capt. J. K. Weaver, Company F, First Battalion 100 days' Pennsylvania Volunteers, will proceed without delay with his company, via Chambersburg, to Harrisburg, Pa., and report to the commanding officer of his battalion for orders. The quartermaster's department will furnish the necessary transportation by railroad from Chambersburg to Harrisburg, 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 493, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.