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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.043 Author/Creator: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893) Place Written: Gauley, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: circa 1863-1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 21.7 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

Colonel Hayes writes a telegram to General Scammon stating that there are no forces at Lewisburg. On stationery of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Undated and not addressed to Scammon but circa date and recipient inferred from similar documents in this collection.

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

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