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Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.258 Author/Creator: Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891 Place Written: s.l. Type: Telegram signed Date: 5 December 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.1 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

"…the enemy in your direct front must be disposed of before it would be safe to make a flank movement towards Wytheville…"

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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