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Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on a telegram from Carr Bailey White]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.142 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayette, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 17 September 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.3 cm Order a Copy

Colonel White reports to Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio on scouting information. States that the 36th and 60th regiments are at Princeton, West Virginia. Reports that 300 men deserted from the 63rd regiment. With autograph endorsement signed in initials by Scammon stating to forward this information to General Benjamin F. Kelly. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year from docket.

White, Carr Bailey, 1823-?
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Kelley, Benjamin Franklin, 1807-1891

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