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Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893) to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.022 Author/Creator: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893) Place Written: Gauley Mount, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: circa March 1863 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Undated telegram reporting to General Scammon that a "Prisoner came into our pickets above Tompkins farm." On stationery of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Undated but possibly March 1863 based on similar documents in this collection.

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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