Summary:
Union General Darius Couch, commanding in Chambersburg, writes R. I. Dodge in September, 1864, concerning reinforcements for draft duty and keeping the peace.

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Capt. R. I. DODGE,
Acting Assistant Provost-Marshal-Gen.:

Chambersburg, Pa.

September 14, 1864.

CAPT.:

I intended to have gone up to Harrisburg this morning, wishing to see you in reference to disposing of troops to aid in enforcing the draft, &c. As I may not be down, please let me know what force you wish to have placed at your disposal. For the present, I believe it well to have two companies of, say, veterans, together with the mounted men left in Columbia County, the loyal citizens being in some alarm for fear of the vengeance of their enemies in case they are left unprotected. I directed by the honorable Secretary of War to hold myself in readiness to lend any aid to the drafting officers that may be needed.

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

D. N. COUCH,
Maj.-Gen., Cmdg. Department.

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