Item 09-216: From W. S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General, Big Birch River, to Pierpont, Wheeling. "Gov F.H. Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Wheeling Sept 8 1861. By Telegraph from Big Birch River 8 1861. If you have authority to organize an artillery regiment I would like to have Loomis Daums & the Rich Mountain & another to be organized the guns now ready into a regiment it will greatly increase the efficiency of this arm of the service - if you have such authority to give a colonels commission to O Loomis & to Maj Bidwell a captaincy of the six 6 brass pieces at Cheat Mountain if you can please do this for Virginia WS Rosecrans Brig Genl USA 77D236paid", 1861/09/08

Item 09-216: From W. S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General, Big Birch River, to Pierpont, Wheeling. "Gov F.H. Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Wheeling Sept 8 1861. By Telegraph from Big Birch River 8 1861. If you have authority to organize an artillery regiment I would like to have Loomis Daums & the Rich Mountain & another to be organized the guns now ready into a regiment it will greatly increase the efficiency of this arm of the service - if you have such authority to give a colonels commission to O Loomis & to Maj Bidwell a captaincy of the six 6 brass pieces at Cheat Mountain if you can please do this for Virginia WS Rosecrans Brig Genl USA 77D236paid", 1861/09/08, Box: 9, Folder: 15. Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, A&M 0009. West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/46666 Accessed May 02, 2024.