Summary:
In mid-September, 1862, Union forces scrambled to meet Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. In this letter, Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin notifies McClellan that he has assembled the state militia at Chambersburg.

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Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN:

HARRISBURG, PA.,

September 13, 1862.

When may we expect Gen. Reynolds here? Services needed immediately. Longstreet's division is said to have reached Hagerstown last night. Jackson crossed Potomac at Williamsport to capture Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry. We are assembling militia rapidly at Chambersburg. Can we do anything to aid your movements?

A. G. CURTIN,
Governor of Pennsylvania.

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