Summary:
Union Captain T. Brent Swearingen writes from Chambersburg to John Burgess concerning Confederates on the northern side of the Potomac in November, 1864.

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Burgess JOHN STEWART, Esq.:

Chambersburg, Pa.,

November 12, 1864.

SIR:

I am directed by the commanding general of inform you that it is reported by parties leaving no room for doubt, the rebel Gilmor with fifty mounted men is on this side of the Potomac, and to say there will be no troops here to-night to employ against them.

I am, sir, 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.