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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to the Quarter Master

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.070 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Manuscript note signed Date: 3 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 10.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Clerically written note by Scammon. Scammon, as Colonel of the 23rd Ohio informs the quarter master that he sent for a role of drawing paper from General Jacob Dolson Cox and that if it is at Gauley, West Virginia to send it over. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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