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White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.117 Author/Creator: White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871 Place Written: Fayette, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 4 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 15.6 cm, Width: 18.8 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. Gives Major Cadot's report of an ambush of the cavalry: "...two men killed and five wounded asks for surgeon two ambulances and flag truce." States that he has sent these things and reinforcements. Only dated 4 July, year inferred from similar documents in the collection.

White, Carr Bailey, 1823-?
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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