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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on a telegram from J.E. Thomas]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.055 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Sommerville, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 15 March 1863-1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

Telegram to Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio Regiment from J.E. Thomas, Captain Commanding Post. Gives directions on a route through Kentucky. With autograph endorsement signed by Scammon commenting on the route in relation to where the Confederates might be. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Brigadier General.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Thomas, J. E., fl. 1863-1864

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