- Date: 1861/09/13
- Recipient: Pierpont, Francis H.
- Transcript: Gov Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Wheeling Sept 13 1861. By Telegraph from Columbus 13 1861. We'll sent two 2 Companies of cavalry and four 4 of infantry as soon as possible our regiments are organizing as rapidly as possible for defence of Western Virginia Your permit for raising regiments from Ohio Embarrasses us severely causes much delay one Regiment at Athens would be about full but for Mr. Constable interference and enticing men for his Regiment for Virginia it injures the [page 2] cause greatly & will not help Virginia but only postpone assistance from Ohio Gov Dickinson gone to Washington CP Buckingshaw AG 83D269pd
- Sender: Buckingshaw, Cathinarus P.
- Identifier: ptp_0325
- Sender Location: Columbus, Ohio
- Recipient Location: Wheeling, (West) Virginia
- Box: 9
- Folder: 16
- Item: 09-242
- Image Filename: ptp_0325.jpg
