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White, Carr Bailey (b. 1823) to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.114 Author/Creator: White, Carr Bailey (b. 1823) Place Written: Fayette, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: circa July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 8.4 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy

Possibly a copy in General Scammon's hand of a decoded cypher telegram to Scammon from Colonel Carr Bailey White of the 12th Ohio Infantry. Reports on scouting activities. Only dated July, year inferred from similar documents in the collection.

White, Carr Bailey, b. 1823
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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