• 1861/08/22
  • Pierpont, Francis H.
  • Gov Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont], Wheeling Aug 22nd 1861. By Telegraph from Clarksburg 22 1861. Capt Trimble of the 1st Va regt would I think make a good major if you will commission him for the three years service I will order him down to Parkersburg & thence to muster in one hundred & fifty men already organized & go forward with the raising [page 2] of a battalion possibly a regt the sooner this is done the better. WS Rosecrans Brig Genl USA 51D158pd
  • Rosecrans, William Starke



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  • Clarksburg, (West) Virginia
  • Wheeling, (West) Virginia
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  • 10
  • 09-141
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