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Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.144 Author/Creator: Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881 Place Written: Cincinnati, Ohio Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 3 August 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 7.5 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Major General Burnside writes a telegram to Scammon stating he will send the two requested gunboats at once. Marked headquarters, Cincinnati.

Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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