Transcript: Gov F. H. Peirpoint [Francis H. Pierpont] Wheeling May 8 1863. By Telegraph from Mannington 8. 1863. Scouts just returned no enemy this side of Railroad they came on railroads East of West Union burned two 2 bridges and Captured twenty 20 guards and left there next morning towards Hughes River. J.H. Furbee. Agt.
