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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to Colonel B. H. Smith

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.052 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Charleston, West Virginia Type: Manuscript letter Date: 19 March 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.6 cm Order a Copy

Clerical draft copy with cross outs. Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment explains his decision to replace the current Provost Marshall in Charleston despite letters from several citizens asking otherwise. Hopes that the new incumbent will be accepted by the people regardless.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Smith, B. H., fl. 1863

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