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Bascom, G. M., fl. 1862 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.008 Author/Creator: Bascom, G. M., fl. 1862 Place Written: Marietta, West Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 31 December 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to Brigadier General Scammon commanding Kanawha division in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Transmits the private papers of General Beckley [possibly Alfred Beckley]. By command of Major General Jacob Dolson Cox. Bascom signs as Major and Assistant Adjutant General.

Bascom, G. M., fl. 1862
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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