- Date: 1861/12/11
- Recipient: Pierpont, Francis Harrison
- Transcript: Gov Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Wheeling Dec11 By Telegraph from Romney 11 1861. I learn you will receive in a day two three thousand Enfield rifles the first & seventh regt require better guns will you send Col Crothers with one thousand Enfield rifles & receive here the inferior arms say five hundred for each regt Do not furnish the bridge regt with any of these [page 2] rifles at least until the other troops are supplied answer BH Kelley Brig Genl 64z250pd
- Sender: Kelley, Benjamin F.
- Identifier: ptp_0537
- Sender Location: Romney, (West) Virginia
- Recipient Location: Wheeling, (West) Virginia
- Box: 9
- Folder: 28
- Item: 09-421
- Image Filename: ptp_0537.jpg