Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894 [Scammon endorsement on a telegram from K. V. Whaley]

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GLC#
GLC02414.143-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
22 September 1863
Author/Creator
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
Title
[Scammon endorsement on a telegram from K. V. Whaley]
Place Written
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Whaley writes a telegram to Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio to inform him of a cavalry company at Point Pleasant that is terrorizing citizens. He states, "They are the tools of one or two unprincipled men & are the terror of the Union men of this County. They are threatening to mob the new press before the paper is issued." Asks Scammon to send troops for protection. With autograph endorsement signed in initials by Scammon stating those troops have not reported to him and that he will send protection. Kellian Whaley was a Union Congressman who had worked to admit West Virginia into the Union in 1862. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year from docket.

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