Summary:
In this October, 1864, dispatch, Union War Department Assistant Adjutant W. A. Nichols writes General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, with instructions that all persons from the Confederate states found under his jurisdiction be registered before the Presidential election of 1864.

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Maj. Gen. D. N. COUCH,
Comdg. Department of the Susquehanna, Chambersburg, Pa.:

Washington,

October 30, 1864.

SIR:

I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of General Orders, No. 80, headquarters Department of the East, New York City, October 28, 1864, directing that all persons from the insurgent States be registered before the approaching Presidential election, and other requirements with respect to persons coming into the United States from Canada, with direction from the Secretary of War that you issue, without delay, a similar order, and that you command the proper authorities within your department to see that the provisions of the order are strictly enforced.

I am, sir, &c.,

W. A. NICHOLS,
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 497, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.