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Johnson, J. N. to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.390 Author/Creator: Johnson, J. N. Place Written: Jacksonville, Florida Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 June 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 24.7 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

With 3rd Regt. U.S. Colored Troops. From Virginia; when war broke out, "was ordered by one Henry A. Wise a rebel leader to join my Regt which I refused to do and was arrested and my property seixed. I was released in June 1861...I then joined Gen Coxs division army of the Kanawha as a scout and guide...."

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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