Summary:
In this June, 1863, Confederate dispatch, First Corps Assistant Adjutant Moxley Sorrel writes General Lafayette McLaws with orders to destroy the railroad in the vicinity of Chambersburg.

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HDQRS. FIRST ARMY CORPS,

Maj. Gen. L. MCLAWS,
Cmdg. Division:

Near Chambersburg, Pa.,

June 29, 1863.

The lieutenant-general commanding desires you to send out strong working parties to destroy the railroad on the north side of town. The cross-ties should be burned, the iron injured as much as practicable, and the destruction made as complete as can be effected. Gen. Hood and yourself will work on it on the north side of town, and Gen. Pickett on the south side.

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

G. M. SORREL,
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. 108, Pages 729, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.