Item 09-322: From W. S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General, Camp Tompkins, to Pierpont, Wheeling. "Gov FH Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont], Wheeling Oct 21st 1861. By Telegraph from Camp Tompkins 21 1861. The appointment of that Capt of the fourth infantry who has been permitted to take service in the Va Vols to the command of the sixth Va at Charleston will solve the great difficulty Clements who has been Elected is in my opinion unfit for Colonel if you could appoint Capt Oley Lieut Col & Keenan Major & possibly Vice Versa I think the organization would be completed in a very short time & the regt becomes a valuable one. W.S. Rosecrans Brig Genl USA 79D242pd", 1861/10/21

Item 09-322: From W. S. Rosecrans, Brigadier General, Camp Tompkins, to Pierpont, Wheeling. "Gov FH Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont], Wheeling Oct 21st 1861. By Telegraph from Camp Tompkins 21 1861. The appointment of that Capt of the fourth infantry who has been permitted to take service in the Va Vols to the command of the sixth Va at Charleston will solve the great difficulty Clements who has been Elected is in my opinion unfit for Colonel if you could appoint Capt Oley Lieut Col & Keenan Major & possibly Vice Versa I think the organization would be completed in a very short time & the regt becomes a valuable one. W.S. Rosecrans Brig Genl USA 79D242pd", 1861/10/21, Box: 9, Folder: 22. Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, A&M 0009. West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/46777 Accessed April 28, 2024.