Civil War - military telegraph.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Hays Family of Gilmer County, West Virginia Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2734
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Hays family of Gilmer County, West Virginia, centering on Peregrine Hays and his son Samuel Hays. The collection includes Civil War related material; correspondence; financial, business, and legal records; and other material. The Civil War material includes a receipt for the sale of enslaved Africans, military orders, and records of financial transactions made in Confederate currency. The correspondence within the collection includes personal letters between members of the Hays...
Dates:
1837-1963; Majority of material found in 1863-1902
M. Bailey, Civil War Military Telegraph
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2751
Overview
U.S. military telegraph, October 1, 1863. M. Bailey, Weston, to J.E. Wilkinson, no address. Re: Adam Heckert and C. Steinbeck returning to their homes.
Dates:
1863
William Henry Powell, Colonel, Civil War Telegram
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3779
Overview
Telegram by Colonel William Henry Powell, 2nd West Virginia Cavalry, from Camp Piatt, to Captain Eli W. Botsford, 16th Ohio Infantry, dated 6 July 1863. The telegram regards the report of a scouting party concerning Confederate troop positions and recent engagements. The scouts report finding 300 Confederate cavalry and capturing a small number of men and horses. The party was also ambushed and one man was killed and another wounded. Camp Piatt occupied a location of strategic importance on...
Dates:
1863