Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891 to Eliakim P. Scammon
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01907 Author/Creator: Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891 Place Written: Cherry Creek Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 16 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 22 x 14 cm. Order a Copy
Recipient's copy of a telegram in the hand of the telegrapher on stationery of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Says that he asked Governor David Tod [of Ohio] to contact Scammon about sending two new regiments to protect the Kanawha Division. Asks if he has heard about a gunboat. He requested one from the War Dept., but never heard back. Informs Scammon that the result was that Confederate General Robert E. Lee has escaped across the Potomac; "Lee escaped across Potomac with his whole army our forces are pursuing." Docket on verso by Scammon.
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