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Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) to Captain Goulden

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.056 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 March 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 15.8 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment writes to the Ordnance officer at Wheeling, West Virginia to report that he just returned from Cincinnati and that the Quarter master is at Charleston so he will forward the receipts as soon as he returns. Year inferred from Scammon's rank.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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