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Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863 to James L. Botsford

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.212 Author/Creator: Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863 Place Written: Belle, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 19 March 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Telegram from Colonel Paxton of the 2nd [West] Virginia cavalry to Captain Botsford of the 23rd Ohio infantry. States that the information from the front lines is that the Georgia troops marched for Tennessee on 13 March. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Written in Camp Piatt

Paxton, John C., fl. 1863
Botsford, James Lawrence, 1834-1898

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