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I.
CIRCULAR.] HEADQUARTERS PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA,
Harrisburg, July 9, 1864.
To supply the troops required from Pennsylvania by the late call of the President of the United States for 24,000 volunteer militia to serve for 100 days, unless sooner discharged, in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Washington and its vicinity, the quota of men which will be required from each county of the Commonwealth is hereto annexed, viz:
Adams................................... 238
Allegheny............................... 1.488
Armstrong............................... 298
Beaver.................................. 242
Bedford................................. 227
Berks................................... 777
Blair................................... 229
Bradford................................ 413
Bucks................................... 527
Butler.................................. 279
Cambria................................. 242
Cameron................................. ...
Carbon.................................. 175
Chester................................. 618
Center.................................. 224
Clarion................................. 211
Clinton................................. 146
Clearfield.............................. 156
Columbia................................ 203
Crawford. .............................. 405
Cumberland.............................. 334
Dauphin. ............................... 402
Delaware................................ 253
Erie.................................... 411
Elk..................................... 48
Fayette................................. 332
Franklin................................ 349
Fulton.................................. 75
Forest.................................. ...
Greene.................................. 201
Huntingdon.............................. 233
Indiana................................. 280
Jefferson............................... 151
Juniata................................. 134
Lancaster............................... 964
Lawrence................................ 191
Lebanon................................. 248
Lehigh.................................. 404
Luzerne................................. 753
Lycoming................................ 310
Mercer.................................. 307
McKean.................................. 74
Mifflin................................. 135
Monroe.................................. 137
Montgomery.............................. 582
Montour................................. 109
Northampton............................. 395
Northumberland.......................... 240
Perry. ................................. 189
Philadelphia............................ 5.000
Pike.................................... 61
Potter.................................. 94
Schuylkill. ............................ 745
Snyder.................................. 125
Somerset................................ 222
Sullivan................................ 34
Susquehanna............................. 303
Tioga................................... 258
Union. ................. 117
Venango................................. 208
Warren.................................. 159
Washington. ............................ 391
Wayne................................... 266
Westmoreland............................ 446
Wyoming................................. 104
York.................................... 562
Transportation will be furnished and troops will report to the commandants of camps of rendezvous as directed by circular of Major-General Couch, hereto attached.
By order of A. G. Curtin, Governor and commander-in-chief:
A. L. RUSSELL,
Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania.
CIRCULAR.] HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE SUSQUEHANNA,
Harrisburg, Pa., July 8, 1864.
The 12,000 men being raised in pursuance of the proclamation of the Governor of Pennsylvania, dated at Harrisburg July 6, 1864, for the defense of the State, will be mustered into the U. S. service for 100 days, unless sooner discharged, to serve in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington and vicinity, as the safety and protection of the State may require.
All responding to the call west of Johnstown and the Laurel Hill range of the mountains will to the commanding officer Camp Reynolds, near Pittsburg, Pa.; all east of that line and west of and including Reading, Pal, will report to the commanding officer Camp Curtin, Harrisburg; all east of Reading and that line will report to the commanding officer Camp Cadwalader, Philadelphia.
Companies, if possible, should be formed before starting for the camp of rendezvous.
Upon the application of the commanding officer of a squad consisting of not less than eight men, or a company, to the agents of the
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