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A'DAMS SEN'• • lt;*Letter to the Editor. i’UKUYViLi.K, March 1M, ISO f'rientl JJ’irjif/';—jt is \\ irit a fot'Sji.y of the siiicerCMt pitnmiro that i pro dioo Tew line* to you and inform youoi (hr continued Happy condition of t!m “Porter Guards,” The lUlh arrived here ait »aiu and .sound, as true New Yorkers are hound to do wherever they may be ordered; but especially alter havin'* experienced upwards of two months of such treatment as we were subjected to in your fown. At this point alhitv sue to make a feeble attempt at an expression ot the li'clinus of thank-fulness experienced by mo towards those at whose hands I have experienced so much kindness and who have always treated tne m«»re like an old friend than like , the stjaD'jcr that [ was. jKf-st insured that wherever it may be my destiny toj*o, 1 shall’cver hear in made-' ful remembrance ihe acts of kindness o( the pebp'e cf Gettysburg in •'euerul, and yourself and family in particular. The weather has been tolerably good since our arrival, but to-night it, lias been raining pretty hard but ha* ceased for the present. Notwjtli-1 j stand in tr Perry vi lie is about as mud d y a! place as can be found, our camp is on a very fine site, about three quarters of a■ mile below the town, on a large, dry level,| elose to the b:t}\ The health oi the Regiment is, generally, pretty good, but thesudden chansc of water to which the men■ *have been subjected has been intended with I lie usual evil* of such chauRc, but the of* ; find* of tJiure jrradusilly disappearing. ,| With regard to equipments, the 101It I is no farther ahead than it was at (Jettys-| bnrjr, though every effort is beine: made hy. the Colonel to accomplish this object, j Fn eon elusion accept m y best wishes for the welfare of yourself and iauiil}', and al* • loir me to subscribe inyself Gratefully vuurs7J. A. S.,\ Co. C, 10th X V. Cavalry.THE
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Adams Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Mar 26, 1862
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VA, USA 24 Jan 2017
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