Summary:
Union General Robert Schenck writes to General in Chief Henry Halleck in June, 1863, with news of the Confederate capture of Chambersburg during the Gettysburg campaign.

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Maj.-Gen. HALLECK,
Gen.-in-Chief, Washington:

Baltimore

June 16, 1863.

Gen. Couch telegraphs me his latest information is that the enemy took possession of Chambersburg with 600 or 800 men. He hopes to have more certain information in an hour or so.

ROBT. C. SCHENCK,
Maj.-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 51, Serial No. 107, Pages 1058, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.