Summary:
Union Captain T. Brent Swearingen writes from Chambersburg to Captain William Burgess in November, 1864, to inform him that Confederate spies have crossed the Potomac, and that citizens should be put on alert to aid in their capture.

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Capt. WILLIAM BURGESS, Loudon, Pa.:

Chambersburg,

November 12, 1864.

CAPT.:

I have the honor to inform you that nineteen rebel spies crossed the Potomac River at Shepherdstown on the 11th instant, and are now through the country. The commanding general requests that the citizens be on the alert, and, if possible, arrest them or prevent their return.

I am, captain, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

T. BRENT SWEARINGEN,
Capt. and 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 616, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.