We have word which
seems reliable that Stuart's Rebel cavalry have been to Chambersburg in the
rear of McClellan, while he was absent in Philadelphia stopping at the
Continental Hotel. I hope neither statement is correct. But am apprehensive
that both may be true.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30, 1864,
p. 169
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