Summary:
Union Provost Marshal George Eyster, stationed in Chambersburg, writes D. A. Wertz in June, 1863, concerning resistance to the draft in Bedford County. Eyster asks Wertz to do his best in identifying the guilty, and states that a military force will be sent to keep order in the event of a bigger emergency.

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D. A. WERTZ,
Bedford, Pa.:

CHAMBERSBURG, PA.,

June 8, 1863.

I will order a force on from Carlisle when the emergency arises. In the meantime obtain the names of offenders and be active in getting proof. Incur any reasonable expense to detect the guilty. Tell N. C. Evans to report to me by telegram as soon as he has completed his enrollment.

GEORGE EYSTER,
Provost-Marshal Sixteenth District of Pennsylvania.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 3, Volume 3, Serial No. 124, Pages 325, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.