Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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GLC#
GLC02414.010-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 25, 1863
Author/Creator
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
Title
to Eliakim P. Scammon
Place Written
Charleston, West Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Encloses a dispatch from Captain Simmonds (not present) and calls it "sensational." Hopes Scammon finds it amusing. Mentions General Jacob Dolan Cox and G.M. Bascom, a major and assistant adjutant general. Marked private. Written at Camp White also known as Fort Scammon.

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