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- GLC#
- GLC02414.121-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- April 20, 1863 or 1864
- Author/Creator
- Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894
- Title
- [Scammon endorsement on a telegram to James L. Botsford]
- Place Written
- Gallipolis, West Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 21.5 cm, Width: 13.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Telegram from David, the Assistant Superintendent of Military Telegraphs, to Captain Botsford asking if the Camp Piatt office can be closed tomorrow so he can make some necessary changes. With autograph endorsment signed of Brigadier General Scammon of the 23rd Ohio stating it is okay to close for one day. On stationary of the U.S. Military Telegraph. Year inferred from Scammon's rank. Most likely 1863.
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