Excerpt from History of the Twenty-Second Regiment of the National Guard of the State of New York: From Its Organization to 1895
Camp Curtin, 158; the Pennsylvania emergency men un organized and not friendly towards the New York troops, 159; Landis' Battery, 159; its officers and organization, 159; incidents of its first march, 160; impossibility of opposing disciplined tr00ps with raw levies, 162; why was not Harrisburg attacked? 163; Lee held in check by force displayed, 163; delays caused by want of discipline in new tr00ps, 164; Gen. Couch reports to Secretary of War condition of affairs. 164; regiments ordered to Bridgeport, 165; regiments around Harrisburg, 166; Couch had only 250 men when Pennsylvania was invaded, 166; New York N. G.his only organized force, 166; many volunteers at work upon Pittsburg fortifications, but few at those of Harrisburg.
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