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Whaley, K. V. to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.334 Author/Creator: Whaley, K. V. Place Written: Point Pleasant, West Virginia Type: Telegram signed Date: 15 September 1863 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 21.6 x 13.3 cm. Order a Copy

". . . a report that Imboden is coming to attack our forces in the valley some think it comes from secession sources probably on account of roads being blackaded in the upper part of the valley"

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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