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Abstract
Four documents found with the original papers of Captain. J. C. Hopper, aide-de-camp to General Fremont while in command of
the Mountain Department in West Virginia early in the Civil War. 1) Captured Confederate spy report, 2 pages: "TROOPS IN LARGE
NUMBERS arriving. Over 80,000 volunteers have reached here. On the 3'rd 10,000 soldiers and on the 5'th 12,000 more left for
Virginia by way of Rockville, Point of Rocks, Edwards Ferry and the other side." etc. 2) Report regarding possible Confederate
spy, 1 page: "Capt. Higgins, Company B, 73'rd O.V.I., Schwenk's Brigade - on previous expedition found a fine meal ready for
a number of persons, but no guests at the Widow Eyes on Harrisonburg road." etc. 3) U.S. military telegraph regarding horses.
4) Printed general order by General Fremont regarding lost or strayed horses.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], J.C. Hopper, Aide-de-camp to General Fremont, Civil War Records, A&M
3481, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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