Summary:
Union War Department Assistant Adjutant Thomas Vincent writes in October, 1863, to General Darius Couch, commanding at Chambersburg, to order a halt to the mustering-out of six months men.

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Maj.-Gen. COUCH,
Comdg., Chambersburg, Pa.:

Washington,

October 3, 1863.

The Secretary of War directs that all action toward mustering out the six-months' troops be suspended until further orders. Please acknowledge the receipt of this, and report the number, if any, already mustered out and discharged.

THOMAS M. VINCENT,
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 3, Volume 3, Serial No. 124, Pages 863, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.