Summary:
In September, 1862, General Lee's Confederate army invaded Maryland. In this dispatch, Pennsylvania governor Andrew Curtin forwards General John Wool a telegram received from Chambersburg detailing some of the specifics of the invasion.

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Maj. Gen. JOHN E. WOOL:

HARRISBURG, PA.,

September 7, 1862

The following particulars have just come to hand. What can be done for the protection of our border?

CHAMBERSBURG, 6th.
ANDREW G. CURTIN:

Received full particulars concerning invasion of Maryland. Rebels arrived at Frederick City to-day at 11 o'clock, consisting of cavalry, 350; 19 pieces of cannon-1 howitzer (6-pounder), 610-pounder rifled cannon, and 12 ordinary pieces. Whole force seen amounted to 3,500. Were shoeless, unclad, taking possession of all stores having shoes, army goods, or other supplies, paying for the same Confederate scrip. Announced their destination Baltimore. Crossed at Noland's Ford. Jackson told an intimate friend of mine, living at Poolesville, he designed crossing into Pennsylvania, through Adams, York, and Lancaster, to Philadelphia. I believe he designs to invade Cumberland Valley, to procure supplies. Large numbers of persons came up on train to-night from Hagerstown.

A. G. CURTIN.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 19, Serial No. 28, Pages 203, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.