Clement Smith, Civil War Letter to General Scammon, 1863 A&M 3780

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Repository

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Identification

A&M 3780

Title

Clement Smith, Civil War Letter to General Scammon 1863

URL:

https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196298

Quantity

0.01 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 items (4 pages in 1 folder)

Creator

Smith, Clement

Location

West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Language

English

Abstract

Letter by Clement Smith of Peytona, Boone County, West Virginia, a civilian, to Eliakim P. Scammon, Union General, dated 29 October 1863. Smith requests that General Scammon endorse his claim for several boats taken by Union troops in 1862. Smith writes about General William S. Rosecrans and the negative opinions of him held by the public and the press after the Battle of Chickamauga. Smith also observes that Scammon has been accused of secessionist sympathies on account of building plank roads in Charleston. Scammon served in the Kanawha County region of western Virginia between October 1861 and February 1864. Also includes a slip of paper with "W.S. Rosecrans" and other text written upon it.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Clement Smith, Civil War Letter to General Scammon, A&M 3780, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Boone County (W. Va.)
Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863
Civil War - West Virginia.
Civil War -- letters
Civil War -- Kanawha County, (W. Va.)
Kanawha County - Civil War.
Peytona (W. Va.)
Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898
Scammon, Eliakim P.
Smith, Clement
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
West Virginia - Civil War.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898
Scammon, Eliakim P.
Smith, Clement

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Boone County (W. Va.)
Peytona (W. Va.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865