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Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) to Rutherford B. Hayes

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.023 Author/Creator: Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) Place Written: Fayetteville, West Virginia Type: Autograph note signed Date: 28 March 1862 Pagination: 1 p. ; 11 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Scammon writes as Colonel of the 23rd Ohio Infantry to Lieutenant Colonel Hayes that he has been ordered to send all prisoners to Wheeling. Asks if Hayes has anything from the last expedition. Year inferred from location and correspondents' military ranks.

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

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