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- GLC#
- GLC02414.135-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 17 May 1863
- Author/Creator
- Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
- Title
- [Scammon endorsement on a telegram to J. C. Paxton]
- Place Written
- Belle, West Virginia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 14.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Telegram to Colonel Paxton from an unknown soldier tells of some cavalry men shot by guerillas at Birch River. States the other camp said they cannot send ammunition because they too are expecting an attack. With autograph endorsement signed in initials by Scammon stating, "Capt Door reports that he thinks the troops about Sommerville are more scared than hurt." On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Written in Camp Piatt.
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