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Well hear we are after a march of 7 miles

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Overview

Creator: 
Sunderland, Darwin
Subject: 
Sunderland, Darwin
Coverage: 
Loudoun Valley, VA
Source: 
Original letter: ink on paper, 4 p.
Language: 
English

Rights

Rights Management: 
Original materials may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (more information).
Date Original (Precise): 
July 18, 1863

Technical

Digitization Specifications: 
Scanned at 600ppi on Epson 1000XL scanner as 48-bit RGB uncompressed TIFF images. Images resized to 960 pixels wide, 150 dpi, and saved as JPEG (level 10) in Photoshop CS5 with Unsharp Mask of 60:1.
Date Digital: 
September 28, 2011
Format: 
image/jpeg
Type: 
Text

Location

Series: 
1
Box: 
1
Folder: 
27
Excerpt: 
Well hear we are after a march of 7 miles mostly performed in the dark through as mudy roads as ever you see as a good deal worse.  At 6 o clock P.M. yesterday the bugle sounded for us to Strike tents and in fifteen minutes we were in line ready to start[.]