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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to Major J. Dan Jr.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.049 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: 5 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 12.5 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment writes to the Provost Marshall General at Wheeling, West Virginia. Reports that Confederate General Alfred Beckley has arrived under guard and will leave tomorrow for Wheeling.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Beckley, Alfred, 1802-1888

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