1861-1864

Dove, David, 1839-?

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

"All quiet here no news of any enemy . . . " Dated Mch 18 1860

GLC02414.290

1861-1864

Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863

Telegram signed

Title: to James L. Botsford

"My scouts have returned they were at Peytona no enemy that they could hear of I destroyed & broke up all the ferry boats for five miles each way . . . . " Dated Apl 5 186 Written in Camp Piatt

GLC02414.291

1861-1864

Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863

Telegram signed

Title: to James L. Botsford

"My scouts have returned they were at Peytona no enemy that they could hear of I destroyed & broke up all the ferry boats for five miles each way . . . . " Dated Mch 29 186 Written in Camp Piatt

GLC02414.292

1861-1864

Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Dated Mch 16 186 Written in Camp Piatt

GLC02414.293

21 September 1863

Jones, A.B., 1832-1920

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

GLC02414.294

2 March 1863

Parke, H.F., fl. 1863

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

"I did not negotiate or aid in sending funds to Balto for the benefit of a person in arms against the US this I can swear on oath-you have the honor first to impeach my loyalty."

GLC02414.295

1861-1864

Roberts, S., fl. 1883

Telegram signed

Title: to unknown

GLC02414.296

1861-1864

Duffie, Alfred Napoleon Alexander, 1835-1880

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Dated Nov 14 186

GLC02414.297

1861-1864

Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863

Telegram signed

Title: to unknown

"Rebel with about 50 secesh Infty that fell with me as friends . . . "

GLC02414.298

1861-1864

Melvin, Thayer, ?

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

dated July 14 186

GLC02414.299

1861-1864

Telegram signed

Title: to James L. Botsford

" . . . the expedition under Major Mahon to Logan County has just returned the result we have 20 prisoners one Q. M. - we killed 3 men & wounded two we lost no man . . ." Dated 11 1863. No second page. Written in Camp Piatt

GLC02414.300

1861-1864

Toland, John T., fl. 1863-1864

Telegram signed

Title: to James L. Botsford

"Capt. Boyd is returned from Princeton with flag of trucce he will start for Charleston tomorrow morning" Dated 14 186

GLC02414.301

1861-1864

Roberts, Benjamin Stone, 1810-1875

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

"Did you mean . . . that the twenty second (22nd) Rebel Virginia would strike east from Huntersville that would take them to the Shenandoah" Dated 19 186

GLC02414.302

1861-1864

Parke, H.F., fl. 1863

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

"I ask a favor. My supposed collusion with the Rebels is a mistake the trial will show it I ask an immediate one." Dated Apl 19 186

GLC02414.303

1861-1864

McLaughlin, John, ?

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

"Have arrested Father Parke and taken charge of his papers what shall I do with him" Dated Apl 18 186

GLC02414.304

1861-1864

Parke, H.F., fl. 1863

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

"I ask a favor. My supposed collusion with the Rebels is a mistake the trial will show it I ask an immediate one." Dated Apl 19 186

GLC02414.305

1861-1864

Hall, Jas. R., fl. 1861

Telegram signed

Title: to James L. Botsford

Lists six men that he has "arrested as hostages . . . . " Dated Feb 3 186

GLC02414.306

1861-1864

David, T. B. A., fl. 1862-1863

Telegram signed

Title: to James L. Botsford

Dated Apl 14 186

GLC02414.307

1861-1864

Telegram signed

Title: to James L. Botsford

Relays explicit instructions for escorting civilians under a flag of truce. Dated Apl 19 186. No third page.

GLC02414.308

1861-1864

Zeigler, J.L., ?

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

"received information last night that Jenk[ins] was at the falls . . . with eight hundred (800) men infantry & cavalry also that there is some force what number not reported at Franks Hill am ready for them have sent out scouting parties . . . . "

GLC02414.309

1861-1864

Carter, J. D., fl. 1863

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

"Jenkins was on his farm yesterday . . . some two hundred . . . of his cavalry made a dash into Barboursville last night" [As a colonel in the 8th Va. Cavalry, Alber Gallatin Jenkins wasnoted for his damaging raids on Union forces in West Virginia. He was promoted to brigadier general on August 5, 1862.]

GLC02414.310

1861-1864

Pierpoint, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

Dated Apl 4 186

GLC02414.311

1861-1864

Parker, J.C., ?

Telegram signed

Title: to unknown

GLC02414.312

1861-1864

Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863

Telegram signed

Title: to unknown

". . . show me game with four hundred & twenty (420) men of my command in that distance & I will show you a success. . . "

GLC02414.313

1861-1864

Toland, John T., fl. 1863-1864

Telegram signed

Title: to Eliakim P. Scammon

"Scouts have all come in. Cavalry came in last night as reported infantry a few hours ago. They have been unable to get even a glimpse of the enemy . . . " Intellligence relayed by a conscript: ". . . Jenkins men were still at Salem . . The common talk in the rebel camps is that they must occupy this country as soon as the grass grows . . . The entire force of Rebels in Western Va is estimated at ten thousand . . . ." Dated 28 186

GLC02414.314