- Date: 1863/03/30
- Recipient: Pierpont, Francis H.
- Transcript: Hon F. H. Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Gov Wheeling Mch 30 1863. By Telegraph from Gallipolis 29 1863. Sir I have just arrived from Charleston Va with Steamer Victor number two 2 and steamer Genl Meigs was fired into by four hundred 400 rebels at Hall's landing thirty 30 miles below Charleston lost two 2 men & two horses Saved the boats and balance of crew [page 2] communication between this & Charleston cut off. All praise is due to Capt Ford and Summers of the Steamboats for Bravery. E. P. Fitch Capt & A.Q.M. 66Hm274pd
- Sender: Fitch, E. B.
- Identifier: ptp_0942
- Sender Location: Gallipolis, Ohio
- Recipient Location: Wheeling, (West) Virginia
- Box: 9
- Folder: 51
- Item: 09-771
- Image Filename: ptp_0942.jpg
