Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on a telegram to James L. Botsford]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.136 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Belle, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 6 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 22 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy
Telegram to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Botsford from Colonel W. H. Powell forwarding Colonel Carr Bailey White's report on those wounded and killed in the front lines on Saturday. With autograph endorsement signed in initials by Brigadier General Scammon stating that he can send out notice to relatives of the deceased. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year inferred from similar documents in the collection. Written in Camp Piatt
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