Item 09-671: From H. G. Wright, Major General, Cincinnati, to Pierpont, Wheeling. "Gov F.H. Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Wheeling Sept 27 1862. By Telegraph from Cincinnati, 3 1862. Gen Milroy not having yet reported is presumed to be still acting under instructions received from Genl in Chief but as you deem it so important for him to stop at Clarksburg please forward to him my request to do so if he is not acting under superior authority. unless he has a large force with which to operate from that point I do not understand the object of his stopping there. please explain at once. H.G. Wright Maj Genl Comdg 76.Hq.314pd", 1862/10/03

Item 09-671: From H. G. Wright, Major General, Cincinnati, to Pierpont, Wheeling. "Gov F.H. Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Wheeling Sept 27 1862. By Telegraph from Cincinnati, 3 1862. Gen Milroy not having yet reported is presumed to be still acting under instructions received from Genl in Chief but as you deem it so important for him to stop at Clarksburg please forward to him my request to do so if he is not acting under superior authority. unless he has a large force with which to operate from that point I do not understand the object of his stopping there. please explain at once. H.G. Wright Maj Genl Comdg 76.Hq.314pd", 1862/10/03, Box: 9, Folder: 44. Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, A&M 0009. West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/47115 Accessed November 06, 2024.