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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to N.C. Macrae

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.054 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Manuscript letter Date: 26 March 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 14.5 cm, Width: 12.5 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment writes to the Superintendent of Recruiting Services in Cincinnati, Ohio. States that Lieutenant Hicks is needed by his regiment and asks if Hicks can return. Year inferred from rank.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Macrae, N.C., fl. 1862

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