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White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.163 Author/Creator: White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871 Place Written: Fayette, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 11 September 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 12 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Copy of a note or telegram from Colonel White to General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio, most likely in Scammon's hand. Suggests that it would be better to have the lines closed at Gauley because citizens are passing through.

White, Carr Bailey, 1823-?
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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