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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.351 Author/Creator: Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891 Place Written: Clarksburg, West Virginia Type: Telegram signed Date: 10 September 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.7 cm, Width: 13.4 cm Order a Copy

"It is believed the enemy are concentrating their forces some where in the mountains for a raid keep your scouts well out & on alert Your cavalry will leave here tomorrow with the horses They escort Brigadier General Duffie...."

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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