- Date: 1861/08/31
- Recipient: Pierpont, Francis H.
- Transcript: Gov Pierpont, Wheeling Va. Aug 31 Late 1861. By Telegraph from Clarksburg 1861. D[ea]r Sir etc. have undoubted information by scouts & by telegraph from Genl Kelley that there are four hundred 400 rebels at Worthington. Genl Rosecrans left here today leaving only parts of three 3 companies here arouse your people send up two 2 companies at once to Fairmont and march on Worthington & Shinnston send all the force you can to this point I shall immediately march a company from here to anticipate to your movement from Wheeling. Genl Kelley came over [page 2] afford no support let me hear from you immediately. A Large amount of Government property is here to be protected EM Norton DT Hewes Thos. L. Moss RH Howard C Lieb
- Sender: Hewes, David T.; Leib, Charles; Moss, Thomas L.; Norton, Edward M.
- Identifier: ptp_0239
- Sender Location: Clarksburg, (West) Virginia
- Recipient Location: Wheeling, (West) Virginia
- Box: 9
- Folder: 11
- Item: 09-168
- Image Filename: ptp_0239.jpg
