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The Daily Dispatch: October 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
ne to advance, for then the enemy would be between him and the great points of defences. Washington, Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. He has, therefore, tried to keep them in doubt as to his movements, by slowly moving about on either side of the Potomac at Harper's Ferry and Williamsport, and they, understanding his game, have outflanked him by this raid into the Cumberland Valley, by the circuitous route of Hancock. Even had the Pennsylvania militia remained at Hagerstown and Greencastle they could not have prevented this incursion, for, as will be seen by reference to the map, the enemy have turned both points via Hancock; Mercersburg, and St. Thomas and thus our militia would have had their communications cut off, and been obliged to advance and fight the rebels at once to insure their own safety. In any aspect in which we may view this movement, therefore, it is a very serious one, and we must all be prepared to meet it promptly and with the spirit of men whose homes