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Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.009 Author/Creator: Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 Place Written: Angel Island, California Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 13, 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the deployment of three companies to Gauley Mount, West Virginia. Gives his ideas on what the troops should do and comments, "I mention this because I doubt the safety and the utility of posting a small force at Gauley Mountain." Mentions that a Colonel Hatfield has claimed an older commission than Hayes and he says this is not true. "No new Colonel must be put over me without a full Consideration of sundry matters..." Written at Camp Reynolds

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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