https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/catalog/ptp_0393https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/thumb/ptp_0393.jpgWilliamson, J. A.1861/10/11 Elizabeth, (West) VirginiaWheeling, (West) VirginiaPierpont, Francis H.FH Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Governor Wheeling Oct 11 1861. By Telegraph from Wirt CH 1861. I have just seen a dispatch to Capt Hill from Genl Rosecrans ordering him to report his Company at Clarksburg immediately which created considerable uneasiness among us in our present [page 2] threatened condition as it would leave us without protection the most of our Home Guard have volunteered in his Company. the secesh are collecting in considerable bodies around us & threatening an attack upon us. Can the order of Genl Rosecrans be countermanded until Capt Hill place be supplied by other troops yours respy JA Williamson 8492/12pdWilliamson, J. A. to Pierpont, Francis H.