Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to Jacob Dolson Cox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.063 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 March 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy
Scammon writes as Colonel of the 23rd Ohio to General Cox, the division commander at Charleston, West Virginia. Informs that Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes reports that there are 1000 Confederate troops at Flat Top Mountain and that they have captured some Union men. Thinks they should push on to Princeton, West Virginia and stresses the need for cavalry. With note to Colonel Hayes from Scammon stating he approves of Hayes's plan to employ citizens instead of soldiers for transportation. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.
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