https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/catalog/ptp_0207https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/thumb/ptp_0207.jpgRosecrans, William Starke1861/08/22 Wheeling, (West) VirginiaClarksburg, (West) VirginiaPierpont, 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 51D158pdRosecrans, William Starke to Pierpont, Francis H.