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.
The theft statute in Pennsylvania is called Theft by unlawful taking or disposition and can be found in the Pennsylvania Crimes Code at 18 Pa.C.S. Sec. 3921. If you were to steal the property of another in Pennsylvania, you would be charged under this statute.