Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].

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Title: Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 6 [Dec. 13, 1862-Nov. 3, 1863].
Author: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press; 1953.
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To Darius N. Couch1Jump to section

Major Gen. Couch Washington D.C.
Harrisburg, Penn. June 30. 1863 3/25 PM

I judge by absence of news that the enemy is not crossing, or pressing up to the Susquehannah. Please tell me what you know of his movements. A. LINCOLN

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[1] ALS, RPB. A telegram from Couch received at 2:20 P.M. is in the Lincoln Papers, but apparently had not been seen by Lincoln at the time he telegraphed. It is as follows: ``Part of the rebel force has left the Vicinity of Carlisle with fifty pieces of artillery, and massed towards Shippensburg. This looks like concentrating a portion of their troops down the Cumberland valley. Eight thousand of their men left York and went towards Carlisle this morning'' (DLC-RTL).

At 9 P.M. Couch replied to Lincoln's telegram, ``The rebel infantry force left Carlisle early this morning, on the Baltimore pike. Cavalry still on this side of that town. Early, with 8,000, left York this morning; went westerly or northwesterly. Rebels at York and Carlisle yesterday a good deal agitated about some news they had received. I telegraphed news to General Meade, care of the Secretary of War.'' (OR, I, XXVII, III, 434).

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