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Bennett, A. G. to Eliakim P. Scammon

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02414.403 Author/Creator: Bennett, A. G. Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 July 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy

Bennett, a lt. col. with the U.S. Colored Troops, wishes to be discharged. Docket notes: "Recommended to be dischgd. as requested but not as long as his services are need/Good Officer"

Scammon, Eliakim Parker, 1816-1894

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