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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.358 Author/Creator: Place Written: Cumberland, West Virginia Type: Telegram signed Date: 7 December 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 21.1 cm, Width: 13.2 cm Order a Copy

Orders him to attack Lewisburg and hold it until December 17-18: "The object of this is to engage the attention of the enemy while Brg. Gen. Averell is completing his expedition against the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at Salem..."

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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