Summary:
Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin writes Secretary of War Edwin Stanton concerning preparations to meet Lee's September, 1862, invasion of Maryland. Curtin suggests stopping an artillery battery en route from Chambersburg to Baltimore.

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Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:

HARRISBURG,

September 7, 1862

Our information is that Jackson occupies Frederick in force, and is preparing to move north. We are organizing militia and arming to meet him. I suggest that, if possible, you send some artillery to this valley, and stop battery which will be here from Chambersburg at 7 o'clock this evening, en route for Baltimore.

A. G. CURTIN,
Governor.

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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 204, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.