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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to Major Davis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.074 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: 4 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 4.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio writes to Major Davis, the Provost Marshall, to report that Confederate General Alfred Beckley has been arrested. Year inferred from content and from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

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

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