Item 09-313: From W. S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General, Camp Tompkins, to Pierpont, Wheeling. "Gov Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont], Wheeling Oct 18 1861. By Telegraph from Camp Tompkins 18 1861. Capt Crispin has been ordered to supply Col Bolles & the two Companies of Col Wilkinson as requested I have dispatched Lieut Conine to you with letters whom I recommended as Col of the ninth Va hope he will be able to proceed at once to Guyandotte & organize" On reverse: "this regt WS Rosecrans Brig Genl 51D158pd", 1861/10/18

Item 09-313: From W. S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General, Camp Tompkins, to Pierpont, Wheeling. "Gov Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont], Wheeling Oct 18 1861. By Telegraph from Camp Tompkins 18 1861. Capt Crispin has been ordered to supply Col Bolles & the two Companies of Col Wilkinson as requested I have dispatched Lieut Conine to you with letters whom I recommended as Col of the ninth Va hope he will be able to proceed at once to Guyandotte & organize" On reverse: "this regt WS Rosecrans Brig Genl 51D158pd", 1861/10/18, Box: 9, Folder: 21. Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, A&M 0009. West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/46768 Accessed May 06, 2024.