Summary:
Union Provost Marshal-General James B. Fry responds in August, 1863, to Union General Darius Couch, commanding the Department of the Susquehanna at Chambersburg, concerning drafted men serving in the militia.

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Maj. Gen. D. N. COUCH,
Comdg. Department of the Susquehanna, Chambersburg, Pa.:

Washington, D. C.,

August 14, 1863.

In reply to your telegram, I cannot direct that drafted men serving in State militia need not report.

JAMES B. FRY,
Provost-Marshal-Gen.

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