Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on a telegram from J.C. Paxton]

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GLC#
GLC02414.124-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
2 April 1863
Author/Creator
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Title
[Scammon endorsement on a telegram from J.C. Paxton]
Place Written
Charleston, West Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 22 cm, Width: 13.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Telegram from Colonel J. C. Paxton to Brigadier General Scammon from Buffalo, West Virginia informing that he came from Ripley, West Virginia and that the Confederates are not there but it is reported they are six miles on the right. With autograph endorsement signed by Scammon asking how many Confederate troops. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph.

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