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White, Julius, 1816-1890 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.199 Author/Creator: White, Julius, 1816-1890 Place Written: Gallipolis, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 19 March 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Telegram to Brigadier General Scammon from Brigadier General White but submitted by C.W. Smith, Captain commanding post. States he has heard that Scammon is falling back toward the Ohio [River] because of the advance of a large force of Confederates. Asks him for more information on whether the enemy is near him on the left. States that he knows there is a force of 1500-2000 Confederates in front of him. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

White, Julius, 1816-1890
Smith, C.W., fl. 1863
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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