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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02993 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Rutherford Birchard Hayes to Eliakim P. Scammon discusses the difficulties for his regiment of watching a ford and the fact that his regiment has been broken in two |
| Date | 23 July 1862 |
| Author | Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893) |
| Document Type | Military document; Correspondence |
| Content Description | Hayes writes as Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers to Scammon, his superior, as commander of the 1st Brigade. Writes that he will adopt his suggestions on the howitzers. Discusses the difficulties of watching a ford. States that the pickets are watching it but he feels that "...an enemy wishing to cross and advised of the position of our pickets would first capture the pickets, which could as they are now posted be easily done..." Asks his advice on this. Discusses a suggestion regarding Capt. Drake; suggests Scammom write to Gov. Tod about it. States that the 23rd Ohio has been broken in two which he thinks is enough for one campaign. Says that other regiments have not been divided at all and remarks, "Our other half has spent the hot weather in a ravine, and are now getting intermittent fevers as a consequence...Let us all get together now." Gives his idea for a plan. Year inferred from content. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces President Weaponry Health and Medical Disease Union General |
| People | Hayes, Rutherford Birchard (1822-1893) Scammon, Eliakim Parker (1816-1894) |
| Place written | Camp Green Meadows, West Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Hayes served in the Civil War in the 23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment as Lt. Colonel, Colonel, and rose to the rank of brevet major general. Between 1867 and 1876 he served three terms as Governor of Ohio, and was elected President in 1876. Scammon was commissioned colonel of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry in June 1861. He was promoted to brigadier general October 15, 1862 and commanded the District of Kanawha until February 3, 1864 when he was captured and held as a prisoner of war until August 3, 1864. In the last months of the war, he commanded the District of Florida. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 23rd Ohio Volunteers |