Probably the biggest risk of going north in 1863 was this: sooner or later, unless they managed to win the war while in the north, Lee's army was going to have to return to the south, and when they did, no matter what, it was going to look like a retreat, and that they had been defeated.
1 A summary offense is the most minor type of criminal offense in Pennsylvania, and is often called a ânon-traffic citation.â.  Summary offenses can include disorderly conduct, loitering, harassment, and low-level retail theft, among others.
Pennsylvania law is replete with various statutes of limitation, governing the length of time which aggrieved parties have in order to file their claims in the appropriate court. Any claims not filed with the prescribed time period are deemed stale and time-barred.