Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on telegram to James L. Botsford]

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GLC#
GLC02414.123-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
March 30, 1863 or 1864
Author/Creator
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Title
[Scammon endorsement on telegram to James L. Botsford]
Place Written
Fayette, West Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Telegram from John T. Toland, Colonel Commanding to Captain James L. Botsford, the Assistant Adjutant General. Asks if some arms that are not needed at the post can be sent to the ordnance officer in Charleston, West Virginia. Scammon writes at bottom and signed in initials, "Yes!" On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year inferred from Scammon's rank, most likely 1863.

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