Phillipi[sic] Barbour County
west. va may the 5th 1866
F. P. Peirpoint Adjutant
General of west. Va Sir I
writ[sic] Some time Since to you
Concerning my Rigimint[sic] and
got no answer I writ[sic] to you
to Renumber my Rigt[sic] and
Send on commissions to the
officers we are all commissioned
but of diiferent Brigades
and different Different
Divisions Some of the 27th
Brigade and Some of the 20th
and Some the 5th the 5th is
correct our Rigt[sic] Belong to
the 5th Brigade and 2d
Division there is no Such
Brigades as the 20th and 27th
in west. Va we Reques[sic] you to
Send on other Commissions to
all the officers if it is not
kept in beter[sic] order we will
thro[sic] down our Commissions
we have bin[sic] mustering our
Regt Ever Since 1862 and
we the Regt half organized[sic]
and I dont[sic] bleave[sic] in no Such
way I beleave[sic] in going according
to law and if we do dont[sic] do
that we had better quit So
Send in Commissions to the
officers and Renumber the
Regt direct them to
Philipi[sic] Barbiur Co wist[sic]
Va to Major Benjamin
Simon of the 1.69th Regt west
Va militia Signed die[?]
Michael Simon Col
Moses Simon Lut[sic] Col
Michael Simon Col
Moses Simon Lut[sic] Col
Benjamin Simon Senior major
G. G. Clebengar Jr major
Simon House Capt
Andrew Thompson Capt [transcriber error - last name is Simon]
[transcriber omission - Pary Thompson]
Biron Love first Lut[sic]
William M. George 2nd Lut[sic]
Simenton Douglass 2nd Lut[sic]
Joseph .B.D. Simon first Lut[sic]
J.M. Woodfird first Lt[sic]
John W. Mcgee 2nd Lut[sic]
Augustus M H Ga;; 2nd Lut[sic]
Simon Johnson 2nd Lut[sic]
B. J. Clebengar first Lut[sic]
you Sea that the Regt is not full of officers there is Seven Companies in the Regt and only three Captains we whant[sic] all the old officers Commissioned and them that will not Except of ther[sic] Commission thin[sic] there will have to be new ones Elected
May 1866-
Simon, Maj. Benj.
Regarding Commissions
for officers 169" W.Va.
Mil-5th Brigade.
Transcription by James Bailes, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University