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White, Carr Bailey (b. 1823) to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.134 Author/Creator: White, Carr Bailey (b. 1823) Place Written: Fayette, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 3 November 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 17 x 13.5 cm. Order a Copy

Telegram from Colonel Carr B. White telling Brigadier General Scammon, "at seven (7) oclock AM tomorrow." There are some doodles and computations on the verso along with the docket, possibly by Scammon. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

White, Carr Bailey, b. 1823
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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