Scammon, Eliakim P. (1816-1894) [Scammon endorsement on an autograph letter signed from John H. Groce]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.004 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim P. (1816-1894) Place Written: Camp Green Meadows, West Virginia Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 11 July 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Writes to Scammon, Colonel commanding the 1st Prov. Brigade in Camp Jones, West Virginia, about Confederate informers. Informs Scammon of "a suspicious looking man skulking along the road" whom they brought with them into camp but escaped on route. Groce sent men in pursuit. He learned today that a group of Bushwhackers is forming six miles from here and that they have "a route some where between here and Flat Top by which information is carried backward and forward to the enemy, women being the messengers." On verso is a lengthy autograph endorsement signed by Scammon reacting to this news and ordering Captain Groce to get a squad of 20 men to break up the Bushwhackers and commenting on the women informers.
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