Carter, J. D., fl. 1863 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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GLC#
GLC02414.310-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1861-1864
Author/Creator
Carter, J. D., fl. 1863
Title
to Eliakim P. Scammon
Place Written
Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 21.7 cm, Width: 13.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

"Jenkins was on his farm yesterday . . . some two hundred . . . of his cavalry made a dash into Barboursville last night" [As a colonel in the 8th Va. Cavalry, Alber Gallatin Jenkins wasnoted for his damaging raids on Union forces in West Virginia. He was promoted to brigadier general on August 5, 1862.]

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