A.I. Boreman - Other Correspondence (cont.); Autograph letter signed. From William P. Rucker, Marietta, Ohio, to Governor A.I. Boreman, [Wheeling]. Thanks Boreman for getting him out of rebel prison, where he had been taken after a raid; offers his services to lead a raid to disrupt rebel railroads and telegraph facilities in southwestern Virginia, release Union prisoners in Lynchburg and Danville, and destroy Confederate specie and supplies stored there; wants sufficient protection for himself and the men he would need and a commission with which to provide for his family; asks Governor Boreman's influence with military planners in Washington in getting his plan accepted, 1863
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