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ately. On the same day the Governor replied, 

 and ordered the troops out, as appears by the 

 following sub-orders : 



HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE N. T. 8. N. G., ) 

 NEW YORK, June 15M, 1863. $ 



By order of the Commander-in-Chief of the State of 

 New York, the several regiments of this brigade will 

 hold themselves in readiness to depart for Philadelphia 

 at once, on short notice. By order of 



Brigadier-General C. B. SPICER. 



R. H. HOADLET, Brigade Major and Inspector. 



WILLIAM D. L)IMOCK, Aide-de-Camp. 



Order No. 3. 



HEAD QUARTERS. 543 BROADWAY, > 

 NBW YORK, June 15M, 1863. ( 



Commandants of regiments of the Third Brigade 

 N. Y. N. G., are hereby directed to report to General 

 Win. Hall, at his quarters, at six o'clock on Tuesday 

 morning, by order of the Commander-in-Chief, Hora- 

 tio Seymour, to be ready to go to Philadelphia at once, 

 on short service. 



The brigade drill for the 17th inst. is hereby coun- 

 termanded. By order, General WM. HALL. 



J. K. SMITH, Quartermaster. 



The response of the Governor of New York 

 was thus approved by the authorities at Wash- 

 ington: 



WASHINGTON, June 15th, 1863. 



GOVERNOR SEYMOUR: The President directs me to 

 return his thanks, with those of the Department, for 

 your prompt response. A strong movement of your 

 city regiments to Philadelphia would be a very en- 

 couraging movement, and do great good in giving 

 strength to that State. 



EDWIN M, STANTON, Secretary of War. 



The Governor of Pennsylvania, on the same 

 day, issued the following proclamation : 



The State of Pennsylvania is again threatened with 

 invasion, and an army of rebels is approaching our 

 borders. The President of the United States has is- 

 sued his proclamation, calling upon the State for fifty 

 thousand men. I now appeal to all the citizens of 

 Pennsylvania, who love liberty and are mindful of the 

 history and traditions of their Revolutionary fathers, 

 and who feel that it is a sacred duty to guard and 

 maintain the free institutions of our country, who hate 

 treason and its abettors, and who are willing to defend 

 their homes and firesides, and do invoke them to rise 

 in their might and rush to the rescue in this hour of 

 imminent peril. The issue is one of preservation or 

 destruction. It involves considerations paramount to 

 all matters of mere expediency, and all questions of 

 local interest. All ties social and political all ties 

 of a personal and partisan character, sink by compar- 

 ison into insignificance. It is now to be determined 

 by deeds, and not by words alone, who are for us and 

 who are against us. That it is the purpose of the en- 

 emy to invade our borders with all the strength he 

 can command, is now apparent. Our only defence 

 rests upon the determined action of the citizens of 

 our free commonwealth. 



I therefore call upon the people of Pennsylvania, 

 capable of bearing arms, to enroll themselves'in mili- 

 tary organizations, and to encourage all others to give 

 aid and assistance to the efforts which will be put 

 forth for the protection of the State and the salvation 

 of our common country. 



ANDREW J. CURTIN, Governor. 



At the same time, he sent a message to the 

 Governor of New Jersey, requesting the aid 

 of troops from that State. The Secretary of 

 War also sent a request to the Governor for 

 troops. The Governor of New Jersey imme- 

 diately issued the following call for men : 



EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, TRENTON, N. J., June 16, 1863. 



JERSEYMEN : The State of Pennsylvania is invaded. 

 A hostile army "is now occupying and despoiling the 

 towns of our sister State. She appeals to New Jersey, 

 through her Governor, to aid in driving back the in- 

 vading army. Let us respond to this call upon our 

 patriotic State with unprecedented zeal. 



I therefore call upon the citizens of this State to meet 

 and organize into companies, and report to the Adju- 

 tant-General of the State as soon as possible, to be organ- 

 ized into regiments as the militia of New Jersey, and 

 press forward to the assistance of Pennsylvania in this 

 emergency. The organization of these troops will be 

 given in general orders as soon as practicable. 



JOEL PARKER. 



S. M. DICKINSON, Private Secretary. 



On the 16th, the Governor of Maryland is-' 

 sued the following proclamation : 



Whereas, the President of the United States, by his 

 proclamation of the 15th instant, calling into the ser- 

 vice of the Government the militia of several of the 

 States now threatened with invasion by the insurgents 

 in arms against the Union, has designated ten thou- 

 sand men as the quota of Maryland, required for the 

 special purpose of protecting her own soil, it becomes 

 us to respond with the least possible delay earnestly 

 and effectually to the call thus made upon us. The 

 entire want of any efficient organization of the militia 

 of the State makes it necessary to provide the required 

 force either by volunteers or by draft. The term of 

 their service will be six months,' and the State will be 

 credited under the recent enrolment act with the num- 

 ber thus furnished. 



Whether we look to the purpose for which this force 

 is required, to the success or efficiency of its opera- 

 tions, or to the probable movements of other States 

 embraced in the same appeal, every consideration con- 

 nected with the subject demands that the call should 

 be met by an offer of volunteers. When our own ter- 

 ritory is threatened by an invader, let it never be said 

 that we lacked the spirit to meet the emergency or 

 looked to others to provide for our defence. 



Whilst, therefore, measures will immediately be 

 taken to provide by draft from the recent enrolment 

 whatever of the force now called for is not promptly 

 furnished by volunteers, I would earnestly appeal to 

 the patriotism and pride of every Marylander so to re- 

 spond to the call now made upon them as to leave no 

 necessity to raise a single company by any compulsory 

 process. 



The ten thousand men required of us will be organ- 

 ized into eight regiments of infantry, one regiment of 

 cavalry, and two oatteries of artillery, and though re- 

 quired to be of the maximum standard, they will be 

 mustered into the service of the United States, armed 

 and equipped, whenever they can muster the minimum 

 number required in each. 



The volunteer militia organizations now existing in 

 the city of Baltimore and other parts of the State, are 

 earnestly invited to call their members together and 

 make their respective commands a nucleus for the for- 

 mation of a complete regiment. 



Whenever a battalion or company, or a majority of 

 their respective members, shall make such offer of 

 their services, they will report to Major VVharton, No. 

 65 Fayette street, who will designate a place of regi- 

 mental rendezvous, and an effort will be made to ob- 

 tain from the War Department permission to muster 

 in the several companies, as soon as formed, without 

 waiting for the complete regimental organization. 



In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand 

 and affixed the great seal of the State, this 16th day of 

 June, 1868. A. W. BRADFORD. 



WM. B. HILL, Secretary of State. 



The Governor of "West Virginia issued the 

 following order to commanding officers : 



The commandants of regiments and companies of 

 Virginia militia will immediately call their companies 



