Summary:
Union Provost Marshal George Eyster writes Provost Marshal General James B. Fry in June, 1863, to report that Confederate cavalry occupied Chambersburg. Eyster reports that he escaped with his papers and equipment, but that enrolling activities will be delayed during the Gettysburg campaign.

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Col. JAMES B. FRY,
Provost-Marshal-Gen.:

HARRISBURG,

June 16, 1863.

Chambersburg was occupied last night by the enemy's cavalry. I have come here to avoid capture. My office effects and military equipments have been brought away in safety. The work of enrollment will necessarily be retarded.

GEO. EYSTER,
Provost-Marshal.

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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 373, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.