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Til the 19 and thate Day croste the Potomack ate Burlin ate 9 oclock frome Here wea traveld South on a pike to a litel town some 8 miles oute By the name of luvitesville [sp. Lovettsville] Here the pike run oute this town is in louden--.co. Virginia wea kepe on South 7 miles further ande incamped fore the nighte ande on the morninge of the 20 wea tooke upe Hour line of march and this Day wea Travelde 18 miles and crosste goose crick the Direction is litel south of weste a longe the East the side of the Blue Ridge 21 all Readey

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to march Bute the orders war countermanded ande wea laide Here till the 23 on the 22 the 73de Regemente wente 8 miles Down goos crick to ketch olde mosby [i.e., Col. John Singleton Mosby, CSA] Bute the Birde Hade fowen Before they Hade gote there this march of the 73de was like Honderdes of other wones to now efecte whteeve onley to Run Down the men Returnde on the 24 erley in the morninge thate Same Day the Bregade movede to newbaltimore south weste of Bull Run mountain Here wea laide in campe 2 Dayes Here there ware