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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on a telegram from Benjamin F. Kelley]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.085 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Clarksburg, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 8 September 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

A telegram from Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelley to Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio to say that he would like to appoint First Lieutenant S. B. McCulloch to his staff in the 5th VA Infantry. Asks him to approve this. With autograph endorsement signed by Scammon stating McCulloch has been sent.

Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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