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White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871 to James L. Botsford

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.217 Author/Creator: White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871 Place Written: Fayette, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 13 April 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Telegram from Colonel White of the 12th Ohio Infantry to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Botsford of the 23rd Ohio Infantry. Reports on scouting information about a Confederate regiment's movements, identified only as the 22nd. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

White, Carr Bailey, 1823-?
Botsford, James Lawrence, 1834-1898

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