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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 #: GLC02414.141 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Clarksburg, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 17 September 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.3 cm Order a Copy

Brigadier General Kelley asks Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio for an update on news of Confederate forces in his area of West Virginia. Scammon endorses and signs with initials answered at 10AM on 17 September.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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