Summary:
In this November, 1864, dispatch, Union General Thomas Rowley writes General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, concerning the shipment of arms to Erie, Pennsylvania.

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Maj.-Gen. COUCH,
Chambersburg, Pa.:

PITTSBURG,

November 1, 1864.

The following dispatch just received from mayor of Erie. "We do not need artillery. We want muskets, ammunition, and solid shot for 6-pounders." Will I send the artillery?

THOS. A. ROWLEY,
Brig.-Gen., Cmdg.

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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 524, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.