• 1862/09/12
  • Pierpont, Francis H.
  • Gov Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Wheeling Sept 12 1862. By Telegraph from Cumberland 12 1862. Call out & arm all the militia you can raise there is no doubt but the rebel's are determined to recapture Western Virginia I have only one regiment here the eighty 84 fourth Ohio & their time has expired & they say they will leave tomorrow at nine 9 oclock I have the second 2nd Maryland and a raw New York [page 2] Regt the second 2nd Maryland I will be obliged to order here tomorrow to supply the place of the eighty fourth 84th see important dispatch to Mr. Ford BF Kelley Brig Genl 82z328pd
  • Kelley, Benjamin Franklin



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  • Cumberland, Maryland
  • Wheeling, (West) Virginia
  • 9
  • 41
  • 09-624
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