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}/j Xsttor to the Editor.PiWtrMAAsvu.u^ Md. April !J, ISfi-i/Jt'ai'tiir; — Khico my hist, the “Tenth has left its quiet ami pleasant quarters on the .shores oi the Chesapeake, am! been distributed along the line of the Philadelphia, \VjIuitngtun and Baltimore Uailrottd, headquart is at Havre do Grace, where, al'-o, iur the pi use tit it, stationed the second battalion. U is hj»h satisfaction to know t!)atafter Dionth'j ol nlcoos wc arc at laU eat led upon to timke ourselves useful jn piotocting the lives, limbs and property i){ loyal citizens who have occasion to pas- over ibis great thorough fa re, brides making this a safe route lor sitpplies iroin the depots of the east to the army i u Y i r* ginia and chew here.Our Company is stationed at. a small town by the uai'io of Perryuiatisville, in Harford county, and very pleasantly situated. The inhabitants, though they nearly ail are said to be sympathizers with secession, appear to be very clever people, and we have not experienced- nor do we unties- ! pate any difficulty along the line from i Havre de Grace to Baltimore.The health of our company, oiul of the regiment, from what 1 can learn, is good.;— 1 One of our men, Corporal Hitter, accident-1 ally shot himself last week, the ball caking i e fleet in the ancle, and penetrating deep j into the foot, lie is doing well, though the ball has not yet. been extracted.Since our arrival here not a day has passed on winch a largo number oi troops have not pa.-sod over the road to and from Baltimore and \\ asbingtou. Might before last n car-load or two of wounded men belonging to one of the i/euoxylvania Kecri-menfs, passed by here on their way to the general hospital at Philadelphia^ They had been, I understand, in the battle at Winchester.The weather, which ha* been cool and di^jgieeablc for the past few days, bus undergone a change fur the better, ami this morning the sun shines in ail ks splendor, imparting cheerfulness and warmth into everything that comes under its in violating influence. The boys all wish that they could but be in Gettysburg such a day us this.I have seen it stated in private letters from your town, that, a report is current there that the ‘‘Tenth’' has been turned into infantry. This is not so. To my knowledge, no thought has ever been entertained of such a change by those 5u authority. The Colonel feels assured we shall be mounted and fully equipped in a short lime, and face the encmv-on the held.
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Adams Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Apr 09, 1862
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Robert O.
VA, USA 24 Jan 2017
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