Summary:
Union Assistant Adjutant for the Department of Pennsylvania Fitz-John Porter issues movement orders from Chambersburg in June, 1861. Porter specifies transportation and provisions for advancing brigades.

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SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 70. HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA,

Chambersburg,

June 13, 1861.

The First, Third, and Fourth Brigades will march on Saturday. Wagon transportation will be provided. The Second and Fifth Brigades will be held ready to move on Saturday, and as fast as transportation is provided will move by rail. Special instructions will be given each brigade commander. Each brigade will prepare and carry three days' cooked provisions.

By order of Maj.-Gen. Patterson:

F. J. PORTER,
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 51, Serial No. 107, Pages 399-400, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.