White, Carr Bailey (b. 1823) to unknown
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.184 Author/Creator: White, Carr Bailey (b. 1823) Place Written: Fayette, West Virginia Type: Manuscript telegram Date: 4 July 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 13.5 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy
Copy of a telegram from Colonel White to unknown recipient. Possibly decoded cypher. Informs that General Eliakim P. Scammon's cavalry went out to the front last night but encountered a blockaded road and were ambushed near Raleigh, West Virginia. Writes, "they are scattered in the woods and I fear have lost nearly all their horses." States that two companies have gone to assist. Written on stationary marked Headquarters, 3rd Division, 8th Army Corps.
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