Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on a telegram to James L. Botsford]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.195 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 Place Written: Fayette, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: February 3, 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy
Handwritten telegram to Captain Botsford, Assistant Adjutant General, from Colonel Toland. Asks where between Piney and Fayette, West Virginia someone named Thurman (possibly a Confederate) is supposed to be. With autograph endorsement signed in initials by General Eliakim Scammon of the 23rd Ohio saying received. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.
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