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Ewing, Hugh B., 1826-1905 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.007 Author/Creator: Ewing, Hugh B., 1826-1905 Place Written: Camp Ruth Udell, Virginia Type: Letter signed Date: 18 December 1862 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Writes to Brigadier General Scammon, commanding 2nd Division Kanawha. Introduces an informant named Henry McGlaughlin, a citizen of Virginia and a former scout for the 30th Regiment O.V.I. [Ohio Volunteer Infantry?]. There is an autograph endorsement on the verso, possibly by Scammon but unsigned, noting the location of Confederate Generals John B. Floyd and Humphrey Marshall.

Ewing, Hugh B., 1826-1905
Marshall, Humphrey, 1812-1872
Floyd, John Buchanan, 1806-1863

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