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Dear Sir,
  
I suppose Mr. W. has given you some information in regard to how we were occupying our time in Frederic, so I will give you some account of our movements since.  We left Frederic on Saturday the 1st in company with Mr. Hayes, stopped at Middletown, and found them very comfortable, men happy, said the ladies were very kind, went on to Kedarsville, but what a painful contrast!  there we found several Maine men, in a church and three other buildings occupied as hospitals, lying on the bare floor with their coats for pillows.  Their stores consisted of hard bread, beef and coffee, as we had no supplies with us, of course we could not relieve, they promised to apply to the commission on the day following.  We then went up
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I suppose Mr. W. has given you some information in regard to how we were occupying our time in Frederic, so I will give you some account of our movements since.  We left Frederic on Saturday the 1st in company with Mr. Hayes, stopped at Middletown, and found them very comfortable, men happy, said the ladies were very kind, went on to Kedarsville [Keedysville], but what a painful contrast!  there we found several Maine men, in a church and three other buildings occupied as hospitals, lying on the bare floor with their coats for pillows.  Their stores consisted of hard bread, beef and coffee, as we had no supplies with us, of course we could not relieve, they promised to apply to the commission on the day following.  We then went up

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Berlin [Maryland], Nov. 10th 1862.

Mr. Hathaway,

Dear Sir,

I suppose Mr. W. has given you some information in regard to how we were occupying our time in Frederic, so I will give you some account of our movements since. We left Frederic on Saturday the 1st in company with Mr. Hayes, stopped at Middletown, and found them very comfortable, men happy, said the ladies were very kind, went on to Kedarsville [Keedysville], but what a painful contrast! there we found several Maine men, in a church and three other buildings occupied as hospitals, lying on the bare floor with their coats for pillows. Their stores consisted of hard bread, beef and coffee, as we had no supplies with us, of course we could not relieve, they promised to apply to the commission on the day following. We then went up