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Page 296 N. C., VA., W. VA., MD., PA., ETC. Chapter XXXIX.

Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania, 9 officers and 230 non-commissioned officers and privates; of the Twelfth [West] Virginia, 17 officers and 423 noon-commissioned officers and privates; of the Fifth Maryland, no officers and 73 non-commissioned officers and privates; of the Sixth Maryland, 1 officer and 5 non-commissioned officers and privates; of the One hundred and sixteenth Ohio, 24 officers and 429 noon-commissioned officers and privates; of the One hundred and twenty-second Ohio, 7 officers and 104 non-commissioned officers and privates; of the One hundred and twenty-third Ohio, 4 officers and 131 non-commissioned officers and privates; of the Eighteenth Connecticut, 4 officers and 172 non-commissioned officers and privates; of the One hundred and tenth Ohio, 3 officers and 111 non-commissioned officers and privates; total, 110 officers and 2, 236 enlisted men. Many are without arms or shoes, and the whole in generally bad condition.

DONN PIATT,

Lieutenant-Colonel, and Chief of Staff.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL, June 24, 1863.

(Received 3 p. m.)

Honorable E. M. STANTON:

Please answer whether you desire me to raise six-months'

troops, as I desire not to leave home for awhile. I think Illinois could furnish 10, 000.

RICH'D YATES,

Governor.

Harrisburg, June 24, 1863-4 p. m.

Major-General HALLECK, Washington:

I am of the opinion that not less than 10, 000 rebels-infantry, cavalry, and artillery-are between Shippensburg and Greencastle.

D. N. COUCH,

Major-General.

BLOODY RUN, June 24, 1863.

Major-General COUCH:

McConnellsburg is in possession of the enemy. I think General Milroy had better [move] toward Mount Union, to cover that bridge, and be near you if you want his troops at Harrisburg.

WM. F. SMITH,

Brigadier-General.

Harrisburg, June 24, 1863.

General MILROY, Bloody Run:

Send 400 to 500 old infantry on horse, if possible, to hold the gaps near McConnellsburg and the one toward Hancock. Push this matter right trough without delay. Use horses to move rapidly. The troops there are not reliable.

D. N. COUCH,

Major-General.


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