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Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.282 Author/Creator: Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863 Place Written: s.l. Type: Telegram signed Date: 1861-1864 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 21.6 cm, Width: 13.3 cm Order a Copy

"…I know there is no enemy on my right worth marching for sixty miles for the last twenty (20) of that we will be bushwhacked then for the next thirty (3) it will be hot…." Dated Apl 1860

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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