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Turley, John A., 1816-1900 to James L. Botsford

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.210 Author/Creator: Turley, John A., 1816-1900 Place Written: Gauley, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 31 March 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

Telegram from Colonel Turley of the 91st Ohio to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Botsford of the 23rd Ohio. Reports that scouts returned and that all is quiet. The companies of the 91st have left for Summerville. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Handwritten on verso, "J.L. Botsford AA Genl."

Botsford, James Lawrence, 1834-1898
Turley, John A., 1816-1900

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