Instead of pointing to local files, re-matched library lists all local files as duplicates

I've got a mess. I moved my matched local music files from my internal drive to a larger external drive. I deleted the iTunes folder on the internal drive, created a new library by changing the location of my music library in iTunes preferences and adding all of the files on the external drive.
When I turned match back on, my cloud-based matched files no longer pointed to my local versions. Instead, match listed everything as a duplicate -- a copy in the cloud and a local copy even though the two copies are exactly the same, previously matched files.
I've added files to my cloud library from numerous computers -- so my cloud library is the most complete --  and I was in the process of creating one local, consolidated library on my new external drive by downloading those files from match. There has to be a way to re-sync both local and match libraries with everything matched as it previously was withouth having to either delete and re-upload or delete and re-download.
Any tips, instruction or help will be greatly apprieciated.

You didn't move the library in the right way. In the future, use this Apple KB article to move an iTunes Media folder: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1449
To try to clean this up is going to take some work on your part but it isn't impossible. Start off with one album or artist at a time and delete them from the cloud. Then you should be able to select the corrosponding locally stored tracks, right click them, and choose "add to iCloud." This should re-initiate a scan on those tracks and add them to the cloud.

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