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The Daily Dispatch: October 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
itia recently on bodied for the State defence having, unfortunately, returned to their homes.-- As regards the measures to be taken in this emergency we can only guess at them. Gov. Curtin has in Harrisburg arms and munitions of war enough, and he probably has hastily collected the militia of that city, armed them, and sent them to meet the enemy. Harrisburg is a city of about 15,000 inhabitants, and on such an emergency ought to be able to raise a regiment of militia without difficulty. Carlisle, which lies between Harrisburg and Chambersburg on the Cumberland Valley Railroad, would also be able to raise from Cumberland country a regiment. The next nearest town is Gettysburg, from which a regiment would probably march along the turnpike to Shippensburg. From other parts in the neighborhood forces could be collected suddenly to swell the aggregate to some five or six thousand men. Fortunately the recent militia gathering established the organizations, which will now be useful