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Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) to Jacob Dolson Cox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.097 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: circa spring 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 17.5 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio writes to General Cox commanding the division in Charleston, West Virginia to say that he will move tomorrow if possible. States they only have 41 tents for the brigade and that they can have 10 days rations at Raleigh by Wednesday. Only dated the 6th, year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

Cox, Jacob Dolson, 1828-1900
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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