Item 09-778: From Operator, Wheeling, to Pierpont, Wheeling. "1.30 am Gov F. H. Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Monongahela House May 1st 1863. By Telegraph from Wheeling 1863. Sent your message to Capt Dod 15th US Infantry commanding at Cameron He answers as follows enemy are reported seven thousand 7000 strong at Mannington They have taken Fairmont & are marching this way Capt David telegraphs Genl Lightburn that Capt Hagan's company cavalry captured at Bridgeport five 5 miles east Clarksburg and Ball about opening there Operator 56W127pd", 1863/05/01

Item 09-778: From Operator, Wheeling, to Pierpont, Wheeling. "1.30 am Gov F. H. Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Monongahela House May 1st 1863. By Telegraph from Wheeling 1863. Sent your message to Capt Dod 15th US Infantry commanding at Cameron He answers as follows enemy are reported seven thousand 7000 strong at Mannington They have taken Fairmont & are marching this way Capt David telegraphs Genl Lightburn that Capt Hagan's company cavalry captured at Bridgeport five 5 miles east Clarksburg and Ball about opening there Operator 56W127pd", 1863/05/01, Box: 9, Folder: 51. Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, A&M 0009. West Virginia and Regional History Center. https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/repositories/2/archival_objects/47222 Accessed February 25, 2026.