to Colonel B. H. Smith

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to Colonel B. H. Smith

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GLC#
GLC02414.052-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
19 March 1863
Author/Creator
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Title
to Colonel B. H. Smith
Place Written
Charleston, West Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Clerical draft copy with cross outs. Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio regiment explains his decision to replace the current Provost Marshall in Charleston despite letters from several citizens asking otherwise. Hopes that the new incumbent will be accepted by the people regardless.

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