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                        Achilles, entering the Chesapeake Bay, VA text Letter to Margaret Sturgis, aboard the 
                        Achilles, entering the Chesapeake Bay, VA 2021 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt78sf2m7c9x/data/1997ms469/Box_1/Folder_7/Multipage26.pdf 1862 March 31 1862 1862 March 31 
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To Mother. The 
                         is on the way to Old Point with a tow. There was a heavy snow while they anchored at Mt. Vernon. They were delayed in their travel due to having to tow the 
                         and three schooners: the 
                        , 
                        , and 
                        , as well as two barges: the 
                         and 
                        . Sturgis mentions seeing the steamship 
                         coming out from Alexandria, after obtaining General McClellan and his staff. Describes the cost of goods in Washington and what he has been spending.
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