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February 9th, 1863

Camp 55th Va. Reg't. near Hagerstown, MD

Dear Sister,

You will probably be surprised when you hear

that our army has been into Maryland and penetrated

Pennsylvania as far as Gettysburg where we had

one of the bloodiest fights of the war attacking

the enemy on last Wednesday morning on the

plains before Gettysburg he was driven back with

a lost of twelve thousand men and returned

to a position on the height beyond the town where he

remained all day Thursday skirmishing and fighting

slightly