<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/catalog/ptp_0223</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/thumb/ptp_0223.jpg</dc:identifier><dc:creator>Kelley, Benjamin F.</dc:creator><dc:date>1861/08/25 </dc:date><dc:coverage>Grafton, (West) Virginia</dc:coverage><dc:coverage>Wheeling, (West) Virginia</dc:coverage><dc:subject>Lamb, Daniel; Van Winkle, Peter G.</dc:subject><dc:description>D. Lamb &amp; P.G. Van Winkle Wheeling Aug 25 1861.   By Telegraph from Grafton " 25 1861.   I do not think it practicable nor advisable for the Government to arm Equip &amp; clothe troops for sixty days service.  There is no act of Congress authorizing such a proceeding that I know of if the home guards Pittsburgh are not armed &amp; equipped better than you suggest they would not be effect[...] at any [...] therefore we must depend [...] our resources [...] [page 2] them [...] Kelley Brig Genl 66Gr203paid</dc:description><dc:title>Kelley, Benjamin F. to Lamb, Daniel; Van Winkle, Peter G.</dc:title></oai_dc:dc>