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.
summary. 1  Concise, brief or presented in a condensed form A summary review is in the appendix. 2  Performed speedily and without formal ceremony. They used summary executions to break the resistance of the people. ( 3 law) Performed by cutting the procedures of a standard and fair trial. Summary justice is bad justice.