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- GLC#
- GLC02414.185-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- circa 1863
- Author/Creator
- Toland, John T., fl. 1863-1864
- Title
- [Decoded cypher telegram to unknown]
- Place Written
- West Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : docket Height: 24.4 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Copy of a telegram from Colonel Toland possibly to General Eliakim P. Scammon. Written in cypher in one hand, and decoded underneath possibly in the hand of Scammon. Toland writes that the powder and fuse are not in any of the wagons and that Madden thinks they were left in the staff train. Informs that they will leave soon and that, "if the enemy has retreated and suspect our plan it will be a close race they having the shortest road." Asks for reliable information on where the enemy is going.
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