Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) to Jacob Dolson Cox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.048 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 5 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 12.5 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment writes General Cox, division commander in Charleston, West Virginia. Reports that Confederate General Alfred Beckley has been arrested on order of General John Charles Fremont and arrived in Fayetteville on route to Wheeling, West Virginia.
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