Summary:
Union Provost Marshal George Eyster, stationed at Chambersburg, writes in June, 1863, to the Commandant at the Carlisle Military Barracks concerning resistance to the draft in Bedford County. Eyster asks the Commandant if he can spare troops for use in maintaining order.

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The COMMANDANT AT CARLISLE BARRACKS:

CHAMBERSBURG, PA.,

June 8, 1863.

There are symptoms of disturbance in Bedford County that may have to be met with force. One enroller has had his saw-mill, another his barn, burnt. I respectfully notify you that I may be compelled to call upon you for assistance under regulation 25, to which I would refer you. Can you furnish me 100 men, should the emergency arise?

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.