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

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Maj. Gen. G. E. PICKETT,
Cmdg. Division:

Near Chambersburg, Pa.,

June 29, 1863.

The lieutenant-general commanding desires you to send out a party from that portion of your division which will take position south of Chambersburg to destroy the railroad south of the 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. McLaws and Hood will work at it on the north side, and yourself on the south side of the town.

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.