Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on an autograph letter signed from John H. Groce]

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GLC#
GLC02414.004-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
11 July 1862
Author/Creator
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Title
[Scammon endorsement on an autograph letter signed from John H. Groce]
Place Written
New River, West Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Writes to Scammon, Colonel commanding the 1st Prov. Brigade in Camp Jones, West Virginia, about Confederate informers. Informs Scammon of "a suspicious looking man skulking along the road" whom they brought with them into camp but escaped on route. Groce sent men in pursuit. He learned today that a group of Bushwhackers is forming six miles from here and that they have "a route some where between here and Flat Top by which information is carried backward and forward to the enemy, women being the messengers." On verso is a lengthy autograph endorsement signed by Scammon reacting to this news and ordering Captain Groce to get a squad of 20 men to break up the Bushwhackers and commenting on the women informers.Written at Camp Green Meadows- located between New River and Bluestone.

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