Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893 to Eliakim P. Scammon

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GLC#
GLC03385
Type
Letters
Date
13 August 1862
Author/Creator
Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
Title
to Eliakim P. Scammon
Place Written
Green Meadows, West Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 17 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Hayes writes as Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers to Scammon, his superior, as commander of the 1st Brigade. States that he cannot get enough information about mill privileges and navigation on the New River. "At Richmond there is a fall of 8 to 12 feet - at other points there are falls which have always been Supposed to prevent all navigation, but 'impossible' is a hard word. I wouldn't speak it on my meagre information. I can say very difficult and dangerous."

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