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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.244 Author/Creator: White, Carr Bailey, 1823-1871 Place Written: s.l. Type: Telegram signed Date: 30 November 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21.3 x 13.2 cm. Order a Copy

Stating that a building burned by Union troops at Blue Sulphur housed Confederate troops and was not a place of worship, as had evidently been claimed.

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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