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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to Brigade Surgeon Clendermin

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.075 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: 1 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 8 cm, Width: 19.2 cm Order a Copy

Colonel Scammon of the 23rd Ohio writes to the brigade surgeon in Wheeling, West Virginia to ask if he has been ordered to Fayetteville, West Virginia. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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