Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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GLC#
GLC02414.200-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
16 March 1863
Author/Creator
Paxton, J.C., fl. 1863
Title
to Eliakim P. Scammon
Place Written
Belle, West Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Telegram from Paxton, Colonel of the 2nd [West] Virginia Cavalry to Captain and Assistant Adjutant General Botsford of the 23rd Ohio Infantry. Reports on scouting. States Major McMahn and command have returned safely. They only found a few Confederates in the area of Boone, Logan, and Wyoming counties, West Virginia. They captured a lieutenant, three privates, and five horses. States, "All quiet out there - Great destitution." Mentions that Confederate General John B. Floyd is believed to be at Tazewell. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Written in Camp Piatt

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