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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 Excerpt:...there were In the field from Pennsylvania 93,577, and preparing for service 16,038 more, making In all 109,015 troops furnished by Pennsylvania. The calls for militia in April and May, 1862, and the two calls for 300,000 threeyears men and 300,000 nine-months troops, were promptly responded to by the State, which has now, December, 1862, 38 new regiments and 3 unattached companies of infantry, 5 regiments and 3 companies of cavalry, and 3 batteries of artillery in the field, as the result of these calls, with i regimante of infantry, 1 of cavalry, and 1 of artillery, in progress of formation, all as volunteers; about 50.000 volunteer militia, making an eluding the three-months men of 1801, of over 200,0i Ju men who were in service, or actually ready for it, under the call of September 11, 1802, at the time of the invasion of the State. This force, raised with extraordinary promptness, terrified the invaders, and occupied the exposed frontier of the Stato till the enemy retreated. For raising the State's qnota of the 300,000 ninemonths men called for by the President's proclamation of August 4.1862, it was to resort to a draft In some of the counties, though many had already exceeded their proportion. This draft was made on the 16th of October, and was very successful, no resistance or opposition being made, and the men thus drafted entering promptly upon the service, choosing their own officers, and being called a few weeks later into Ihe field. Censis Statistics.--The general statistics of the agricultural and manufacturing productions of Pennsylvania are to be found in our tables of census statistics: but a few particulars of interest deduced from those and other tables ninyproperly be inserted here. The number of the two sexes in the State was very nearl...