Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 to Eliakim P. Scammon
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.021 Author/Creator: Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 Place Written: Gauley Mount, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 13 March 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 17.5 x 13 cm. Order a Copy
Telegram to General Scammon reporting that two companies of the 23rd Ohio are doing guard duty at Gauley bridge. It would take six to eight hours to call them in. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year inferred from similar documents from Hayes in this collection and Scammon and Hayes's rank.
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