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to James L. Botsford

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.300 Author/Creator: Place Written: Belle, West Virginia Type: Telegram signed Date: 1861-1864 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.2 cm Order a Copy

" . . . the expedition under Major Mahon to Logan County has just returned the result we have 20 prisoners one Q. M. - we killed 3 men & wounded two we lost no man . . ." Dated 11 1863. No second page. Written in Camp Piatt

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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