Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 to Jacob Dolson Cox

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GLC#
GLC02414.063-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
March 31, 1862
Author/Creator
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Title
to Jacob Dolson Cox
Place Written
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Scammon writes as Colonel of the 23rd Ohio to General Cox, the division commander at Charleston, West Virginia. Informs that Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes reports that there are 1000 Confederate troops at Flat Top Mountain and that they have captured some Union men. Thinks they should push on to Princeton, West Virginia and stresses the need for cavalry. With note to Colonel Hayes from Scammon stating he approves of Hayes's plan to employ citizens instead of soldiers for transportation. Year inferred from Scammon's rank as Colonel.

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