The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-02-09
BEDFORD PA, FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 9, 1866

/ ter the second disaster at Bull Run, it
became evident that the enemy had a.
dopted an aggressive policy, and was
about TO invade the Northern States
through Maryland and the southern
border of Pennsylvania. Under the
sanction of the President Of the Uni
ted States, on the Ilth day Of that
month, / issued my proclamation, call
ing into immediate service fifty Thou-
sand OF the freemeno taiS State. Tn
der this call twenty-five regiments and
I four companies of infantry, fourteen
! unattached companies Of cavalry. and
four batteries OF artillery were imme-
diately organized and sent 10 the Dor
der, the greater portion advancing be-
yOnd the State line into Maryland. Gen.
John +. Reynolds, at tiat period COM
mandiDg the Pennsylvania Reserve
! Corps, was temporarily assigned. by
the Secretary of Wan. 10 the coun-
mand Of these troops, by Whose order
they were returned TO Pennsylvania,
and by my proclamation, disbanded 0n
the 2ith OF the same month. In ac-
acknowledgement Of the services render
ed by the men of Pennsylvania, Major
General Mcclellan, commanding the
( Army Of the Potomac by letter dated
the 27th of September, 1862, acknOWi-
edging the service anG thanking the
State, uses the following language:
THE manner in which she people OF
Pennsylvania responded 10 your call,
and fastened to the defence Of thcir
frontier, no doubt exercised i great in
tiucnce upon the enemy;' and the
Governor OF Maryland. His ilXceIlen-
cy A. II. Bradford, in an order dated
/ September d, 1862, used the following
language in regard t0thcse troops: "The
readiness with which they crossed the
border and took their stand beside the
Maryland brigade, shows that the bor-
der Is, IN all respects. but an ideal line,
and tnaJ IN such cause a. now uniteS
lis. Pennsylvania and Maryland are hut
one"
In the month OF June, 1868. il again
became evident that the rebel army
was advancing North, threatening also
the western border of Pennsylvania,
and on the 18th OF thar month J again
issued my proclamation, calling the
militia Of the state into Immediate ser
vice. in the Department of the Mo
nong2heia, five regiments Of infantry,
one company OF cavalry and one bat
terry OF artillery, for ninety days ser
( vice and one battalion Uf infantry. one
battalion Of cavalry and one battery of
artillery, for six months. United States
service, were organized. IN the Depart
mentOf the esUsQuehanua, ,tWenty-three
/ regiments and five unattached cUupa-
mics Of infantry, and two unattached
companies Of cavalry, for ninety days ;
one battaliOuOf infantry, one battalion
OF cavalry, and four independent bat
teries OF artillery, for three months;
three regiments Of cavalry, two bat
taiions of infantry, and three indc-
pendent batteries of artillery, for six
! months United states service. were
. organized.
There were also organized in this de
( partment. for the emergency term. -
Z eight regiments, one battalion and a
number of unattached companies of
infantry, two independent batteries Of
| artillery, and two companies OF caval-
ry.
( heia, the troops under this call. We're
/ commanded by Major Gen. ". I. II.
/ Brooks, and in the Department of the
. Su-qUehanna, by Maj. Gen. ID. y.
+ Couch. SeVeraily detailed by the War
/ Department.
The details OF the services OF the mi
! litia on these occasions, as well as the
I generous assistance rendered by the
militia of the States Of New York and
. New Jersey, nave been fully rec0gni-
. Zed in previous messages.
Acting under orders, they did not
/ hesitate to cross the State line and en-
! ter Ohio and Western Virginia. in the
/ west: and in the east. they defended
the line of the Susquehanna, were at
. Gettysburg. before the advance Of the
/ Army OF the Potomac. defended Car
Isle successfully when attacked by a
. superior force, made long marches. pa
( tientIy suffering great prlVatiUn, for
the want OF sufficient means Of trans
I pOrtation, crossed into Maryland, when
! ordered, and attacked the enemy SUE
cessively. andsa the Capital OF their
State from destruction. When thehis-
tory OF the rebellion i truly written,
I no part, which relates TO Penn~ylVa-
! MIA, viii reflect more credit Oh the pat
riutism. courage and fidelity Of her
people, than their prompt answer 10
the call made for military service for
domestic protection. Ii iS q record OF
which the great body of the people are
party. and Of which they may all he
proud.
In July. 1854, rebel army again
crossed the Potomac threatening the
southern border, and marched to Wash
ington.
Under the pressing demands Of the
National authorities, all the organized
troops in Pennsylvania We're immedi-
ately sent forward. The rebel army
was defeated and driven back. \ rCp-
el column, of three thousand men, had,
however. crossed the border, and, on
. the Both of July. burned the town OF
= Chambershurg. In my message of last
year, | stated in detail the movements
OF the enemy. and the circumstances
attending the destruction OF that bor-
, ough. Although the people OF all the
T southern border suffered much from an
nual incur>iono of the enemy. Cham
bersburg Is the only town entirely de-
stroyed within our border, ami, It Is
believed. in any loyal state.
, The citizens OF the town were sud-
denly reduced To poverty, and for q
, time. We're sustained by the active be-
nevoience of the people Of other parts
, Of the state, aided by an appropriation
, OF one hundred thousand dollars from
: the Commonwealth. They have .trug-
, gled energeticaily to revive from this
r calamity, but il is now feared that few
of them viii be ableIo succeed. | sub
nit. therefore. to the wisdom OF the
Legislature, whether it would not be