Pierpont-Samuels Collection
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From: Ladden, G. S. M.
To: Robert C. Crooks
Date: 1869 April 30
Location: Moundsville (Marshall)
Subject: recommends John Koons
Box Number: 4
From: Laidley, John
To: James H. Brown
Date: 1862 January 6
Location: Guyandotte (Cabell)
Subject: complained about not receiving newspaper; discussed return of prisoners,
election of
judges and county officers, and authority of soldiers to seize property of persons charged with
disloyalty
Box Number: 4
From: Laidley, John
To:
Date: 1862 April 10
Location: Guyandotte (Cabell)
Subject: wrote about financial matters, people's ambivalence about court organization,
and
two sheriffs not giving bond
Box Number: 4
From: Laidley, John
To:
Date: 1862 May 15
Location: Guyandotte (Cabell)
Subject: acknowledged receipt of $95.00; late paper may not be the printer's fault;
concerned
over York River (McClellan's campaign) and Corinth; people are afraid of guerrillas; need circuit
judge;
hopes to get into the Union
Box Number: 4
From: Laidley, John
To:
Date: 1862 June 14
Location:
Subject: sent a communication to Board of Public Works via addressee; Turner and his
men
visit county frequently; the latter supports members of secessionist party and refuse to pay
(taxes?);
order of Federal troops needed; with present civil authorities cannot enforce law; no statutes of
Legislature at Wayne or Cabell Courthouse; L. T. Moore to run for judge; any news from
Washington
on entering Union
Box Number: 4
From: Laidley, John
To:
Date: 1862 November 13
Location:
Subject: requested addressee to draw a check for a client in Missouri; no Circuit Court
in
August; should have term on November 20/62; troops withdrawn; may not have court
Box Number: 4
From: Laidley, John
To:
Date: 1862 December 15
Location: Guyandotte (Cabell)
Subject: failed to enclose $5.00; $6.00 enclosed for subscription; paper arrives eight
days
after publication; politicians in Cabell County not supporters of Union
Box Number: 4
From: Lamon, Ward H.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 July 18
Location: Washington, D. C.
Subject: recommends David H. Strother
Box Number: 4
From: Lang, Theodore F.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 15
Location: Franklin (Pendleton)
Subject: requested clarification of which regimental officers Samuels wanted listed;
requested
letter of missing company's descriptive rolls
Box Number: 4
From: Lang, Theodore F.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 25
Location: Franklin (Pendleton)
Subject: reported having filled out blanks as best he could; Regiment has marching
orders; will
fill out rolls when settled
Box Number: 4
From: Lang, Theodore F.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 December 5
Location: Buckhannon (Upshur)
Subject: recommended 1st Lieutenant, Louis A. Myers over Sergeant James S. Law for
Captain
Box Number: 4
From: Lautherback, Warren
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 August 18
Location: Robertson River, VA
Subject: request for promotion of Henry H. Holcott to Captain, 5th Regiment Virginia
Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Larke, J. K.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 January 14
Location: New York, NY
Subject: request for copy of Adjutant General's report for 1861
Box Number: 4
From: Latham, George R.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 June 12
Location: Moorefield (Hardy)
Subject: returned commission for remailing to 3rd Regiment Virginia Volunteer
Cavalry
Box Number: 4
From: Latham, George R.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 June 15
Location: Mount Jackson, VA
Subject: discussed qualifications and recommendations of men in Regiment for
promotion
Box Number: 4
From: Latham, George R.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 19
Location: Sperryville, VA
Subject: acknowledged receipt of commissions and discussed Charles H. Day's
resignation
and recommissioning
Box Number: 4
From: Latham, George R.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 25
Location: Woodville, VA
Subject: discussed promotions within Regiment
Box Number: 4
From: Latham, George R.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 3
Location: Woodville, VA
Subject: discussed resignations and promotions in Regiment
Box Number: 4
From: Latham, George R.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 4
Location: Woodville, VA
Subject: discussed recommended postings within Regiment and reasons for being
unwilling to
comply
Box Number: 4
From: Latham, George R.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 4
Location: Chain Bridge, VA
Subject: discussed promotions in Regiment; requested replacements for killed and
wounded in
recent action (Second Bull Run)
Box Number: 4
From: Latham, George R.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 24
Location: Miners Hill,VA
Subject: requested replacements for Regiment be sent and promotions be
made only with his approval
Box Number: 4
From: Latham, George R.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 31
Location: Beverly (Randolph)
Subject: discussed commissioning of Dr. Elijah H. Menbee as Assistant
Surgeon
Box Number: 4
From: Laurence, W. C.
To: A. Cunningham
Date: 1862 July 23
Location: (Kanawha)
Subject: Militia desire to elect new officers from loyal Union men
Box Number: 4
From: Lazier, Henry B.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 August 9
Location: Harrison's Landing, VA
Subject: recommendation of 2nd Lieutenant Cyrus B. Morgan for commission
in one of new regiments
Box Number: 4
From: Leaming, J. Fisher
To: Mrs. Pendleton
Date: 1862 August 24
Location: Long Branch, NJ
Subject: personal note to Mrs. Pendleton
Box Number: 4
From: Leavens, Eliza A.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 January 16
Location: Paint Creek (Kanawha)
Subject: requested assistance for obtaining release of husband (Charles)
and son (Charles Henry) from rebel kidnapper Clarkson
Box Number: 4
From: Lee, Richard H.
To:
Date: 1862 September 7
Location: Washington, D. C.
Subject: recommended promotion for certain men; told of death of Captain
Julien C. Curtis
Box Number: 4
From: Leete, Ralph
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 November 10
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: rambling long letter in which the author offers opinions and
interpretations of events
Box Number: 4
From: Lenseng, W. T.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 2
Location: Parkersburg (Wood)
Subject: reports organization of company in Parkersburg is by Lieutenant
W. M. Treadway; so advised but no reply received; requested
instructions
Box Number: 4
From: Lent, C. T.
To: P. C. Pendleton
Date:
Location:
Subject: acknowledged receipt of two documents; requested instructions
Box Number: 4
From: Lersher, Charles
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 February 10
Location: Camp McClure
Subject: without change of clothes; requested Samuels to call upon him and
to see what Samuels could do for him (incarcerated in Wheeling?)
Box Number: 4
From: Lesage, Julius
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 March 4
Location: Paw Paw (Morgan)
Subject: reviewed contribution to Union cause; asked to be made Captain of
Home Guard and taken out of current assignment (Company G, 1st
Regiment Virginia Volunteer Cavalry)
Box Number: 4
From: Letterman, Jonathan
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 April 7
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: advised Governor that 8th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
had no medical officer; urged filling of vacancies
Box Number: 4
From: Letterman, Jonathan
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 April 22
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: advised Governor that Medical Board found Surgeon A. P. Weeler
(6th Virginia Volunteer Infantry) and Assistant Surgeon W. M.
Worthington (10th Virginia Volunteer Infantry) not qualified for
posts; urged filling of vacancies
Box Number: 4
From: Letterman, Jonathan
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 April 28
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: advised Governor to decline appointment of James Ritray as
Surgeon of 8th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry; requested
immediate filling of vacant surgeon's positions in 8th and 10th
Regiments
Box Number: 4
From: Lewis, W. W.
To: Pierpont (?)
Date: 1862 August 5
Location: West Union (Doddridge)
Subject: reported 63 recruits and one 2nd Lieutenant; could 1st Lieutenant
be authorized; forward muster lists, requisitions, etc. for
company of 83 men
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 1
Location: Ceredo (Wayne)
Subject: requested blank consolidated morning reports, muster rolls, and
company descriptive book; invited inspecting officer
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 16
Location: Ceredo (Wayne)
Subject: requested 500 Belgian guns in Wheeling be sent to five of his
companies; companies currently issued altered muskets
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 18
Location: Ceredo (Wayne)
Subject: requested commissions for Henderson F. Donnally (1st Lieutenant)
and Benjamin D. Boswell (2nd Lieutenant)
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 April 7
Location: Ceredo (Wayne)
Subject: recommended Captain J. L. Waller for a position with 5th
Regiment; again requested commissions
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 April 20
Location: Ceredo (Wayne)
Subject: recommendation that a company of local men near Ceredo be armed
and provisioned to combat local rebel raiders and thieves
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 18
Location: Charleston (Kanawha)
Subject: acknowledged receipt of commissions for Lieutenants Donnelley and
Boswell
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 27
Location: Charleston (Kanawha)
Subject: returned commissions of Lieutenant Boswell and Captain Brunker
for correction
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 31
Location: Charleston (Kanawha)
Subject: requested revocation of recruiting officer status of Sergeant
Alex Wartenburg, then AWOL
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 August 1
Location: Charleston (Kanawha)
Subject: letter of introduction and recommendation for Captain George W.
Storey who resigned and desired to become Adjutant of new
regiment
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 19
Location: Charleston (Kanawha)
Subject: recommended Eben Maloney for Lieutenant and recruiting officer
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 September 25
Location: Point Pleasant (Mason)
Subject: detailed report what transpired since Lighburn took command of
the District of Kanawha on 8/17/62, covering Confederate attack
and Lightburn's retreat
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 28
Location: Point Pleasant (Mason)
Subject: recommended Major William H. Powell to command a Cavalry force
to
operate in "Morgan Principle"
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 29
Location: Point Pleasant (Mason)
Subject: recommended Barlow W. Curtis and Columbus Shrewsburg for
promotion
Box Number: 4
From: Lightburn, J. A. J.
To: , George
Date: 1862 June 17
Location: Vicksburg, MS
Subject: written when the 4th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry was
engaged in the siege of Vicksburg; good description of
bombardment and hazards of an infantry assault by the 4th
Box Number: 4
From: Livingston, J. H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 March 26
Location: Annapolis, MD
Subject: acknowledged receipt of commission as 2nd Lieutenant in 12th
Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry; in amended note of 4/3/62
he stated he would take oath ASAP
Box Number: 4
From: Lockhart, J. B.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 23
Location: Bethany (Brooke)
Subject: requested Lieutenant's commission to raise a company of men
Box Number: 4
From: Lockhart, J. B.
To: William A. Billingsly
Date: 1862 September 12
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: left instructions for addressee with promise to see him in
Clarksburg
Box Number: 4
From: Lockney, S. S. and J. L. Hawkins
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 13
Location: Philippi (Barbour)
Subject: reported having completed enrollment of militia in Barbour
County; how should they proceed?
Box Number: 4
From: Lockwood, Jonathan H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 February 27
Location: Paw Paw (Morgan)
Subject: transmittal of various papers which should have been sent to
Adjutant General previously
Box Number: 4
From: Lockwood, Jonathan H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 20
Location: Bolivar Heights (Jefferson)
Subject: reported Lieutenant John Williams, Company K, 7th Regiment
Virginia Volunteer Infantry very ill, anticipated discharge or
resignation; Colonel Joseph Snider ill with camp fever; ordered
out to Winchester and returned
Box Number: 4
From: Lockwood, Jonathan H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 24
Location: Bolivar Heights (Jefferson)
Subject: complained of War Department order; request promotion for Cyrus
B. Morgan be held up; requested promotion of Vincent Stevens for
2nd Lieutenant; Regiment readying for move; burden of
responsibility is heavy
Box Number: 4
From: Lockwood, Jonathan H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 30
Location: Bolivar Heights (Jefferson)
Subject: held up on giving out commissions; Regiment under arms readying
for advance; believed all his Captains are going to get sick
Box Number: 4
From: Lockwood, Jonathan H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 November 11
Location: Warrenton, VA
Subject: returned commissions of William and Detrick, former resigning,
latter declining; made several recommendations for promotion;
distributed newly commissioned officers among various companies
Box Number: 4
From: Logan, T. H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 November 15
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: transmittal of letter of November 13/62 of Captain John Lukins, 15th
Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Love, C. H.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 March 31
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Subject: author in dry goods business (drummer); wanted to make business
trip into Cabell, Wayne, etc. counties
Box Number: 4
From: Love, C. H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 April 17
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Subject: acknowledged pleasure at hearing from Samuels (apparently an old
friend or acquaintance); inquired as to situation in Cabell
County
Box Number: 4
From: Lovell, Richard C. M.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 February 15
Location: Mason (Mason)
Subject: letter of endorsement for Dr. James Hysell who desired to be a
military surgeon
Box Number: 4
From: Lovell, Richard C. M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 31
Location: Mason (Mason)
Subject: reported lot of muskets on hand, 80 of which belong to State of
Ohio
Box Number: 4
From: Lovell, Richard C. M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 11
Location: Mason (Mason)
Subject: letter of recommendation for Lieutenant I. W. Neal; stated he was
ill
Box Number: 4
From: Lowther, William G.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 15
Location: White Oak (Ritchie)
Subject: enclosed .25 cents for Hardee's Infantry Tactics
Box Number: 4
From: Lukins, John B.
To: D. H. McPhail
Date: 1862 September 30
Location: Camp Willey (Wheeling) (Ohio)
Subject: requested sufficient muster-in rolls for one company
Box Number: 4
From: Lukins, John B.
To: T. H. Logan
Date: 1862 November 13
Location: New Creek (Mineral)
Subject: requested intercession of Logan with Samuels to backdate
commission
Box Number: 4
From: Lusher, Irwin
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 10
Location: Charleston (Kanawha)
Subject: advised Samuels of his (Lusher's) sons' arrest; pointed out that
private differences have become political differences; requested
release of one son, John, although Lewis and Morris were also in
jail
Box Number: 4
From: Lute, Ralph
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 April 5
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: recommended Captain William H. Powell for Major Vice Curtis
Box Number: 4
From: Lute, Ralph
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 11
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: recommended Olner McClure for commissioned officer position
Box Number: 4
From: Lute, Ralph
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 29
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: in-depth discussion of an $8,000.00 claim by a grocer, Stone,
against the Paymaster for goods furnished to dependents of 5th
Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Lute, Ralph
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 December 18
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: grocer Stone pleased at possibility of being paid without going
to court; Stone would go to Wheeling; discussed West Virginia's
admission to Union; closed by relating a conversation with Major
W. H. Powell in which the consolidation of regiments was
discussed
Box Number: 4
From: McAdams, John
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 December 17
Location: Moorefield (Hardy)
Subject: sent three southern papers; requested ten days leave to assist
family in Wheeling
Box Number: 4
From: McCaslin, Maxwell
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 9
Location: Camp Willey (Wheeling) (Ohio)
Subject: request for transportation for David Millburn to Martinsville
Box Number: 4
From: McCaslin, Maxwell
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 20
Location: Camp Willey (Wheeling) (Ohio)
Subject: request for transportation for John M. Carpenter to Fairmont
Box Number: 4
From: McCaslin, Maxwell
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 September 22
Location: Camp Willey (Wheeling) (Ohio)
Subject: request for transportation for Lieutenant James Fulton to
Parkersburg
Box Number: 4
From: McCaslin, Maxwell
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 2
Location: Camp Willey (Wheeling) (Ohio)
Subject: request for transportation for six to eight men from Parkersburg
to Camp Willey
Box Number: 4
From: McColloch, Sam B.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 14
Location: Franklin (Pendleton)
Subject: Samuels threatened action against him for failure to send
descriptive lists; author explained reasons for delay
Box Number: 4
From: McComas, P. K.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 11
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: discharged Confederate soldier living at home arrested and
brought to Wheeling; desired Samuels to visit him in prison
Box Number: 4
From: McCullough, Sam. M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 February 4
Location: New Creek (Mineral)
Subject: advised Samuels that Colonel John Zeigler had promised him the
Adjutant's job when it was vacated
Box Number: 4
From: McCullough, Sam M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 March 14
Location: New Creek (Mineral)
Subject: ordered to Camp Lander by Major Tomlinson (5th Regiment Virginia
Volunteer Infantry); Colonel irritated at execution of orders
Box Number: 4
From: McDonald, A. W.
To: Major Darr
Date: 1863/05/13
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: Requests meeting with Darr; understands that Barbour County
sheriff was being held in Richmond as political prisoner, hopes
for exchange
Box Number: 4
From: McGee, John L.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 August 5
Location: Sperryville, VA
Subject: drew a comparison between himself and Strother as to
qualifications; note comment on reverse
Box Number: 4
From: McGee, John L.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 December 26
Location: Parkersburg (Wood)
Subject: suggested that perhaps two copies of muster rolls sent to Samuels
in error; if so, would he send one to Washington; requested copy
of order organizing 3rd Regiment Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
Box Number: 4
From: McGinnis, A. M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 April ?
Location: Guyandotte (Cabell)
Subject: discussed his opinion of the feeling of the residents of
Guyandotte toward Union commanders and toward secessionism
Box Number: 4
From: McGinnis, A. M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 8
Location: Guyandotte (Cabell)
Subject: reported death of son, Joe, due to typhoid and failure to hear
from son, Bill, for three months; members of 2nd Regiment
Virginia Volunteer Cavalry took two of his horses; reported
stolen horses worth $350; also reported holding Union scrip for
beef furnished army; reported additional depredations to
livestock by Union soldiers, while Confederates stole his saddle
(good picture of people caught in middle)
Box Number: 4
From: McGinnis, B. D.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 December 27
Location: Amacetta (Wayne)
Subject: requested Captain B. Newman be commissioned for purpose of
recruiting for 3rd Regiment Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
Box Number: 4
From: McGinnis, J. B.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 June 27
Location: (Mason)
Subject: requested appointment of Major John O. Butter for purpose of
organizing home guard or militia to defend Boone, Cabell, Putnam,
part of Mason, and Wayne counties against Confederate soldiers
Box Number: 4
From: McGinnis, William A.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 3
Location: Guyandotte (Cabell)
Subject: stated he desired to assist widows and orphaned children of
soldiers collect their claims against Government; requested
Samuels to send him forms and instructions
Box Number: 4
From: McGregor, D.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 8
Location: Cairo (Ritchie)
Subject: transmittal for a petition from Union neighbors of McGregor
requesting he be restored as agent of B & O Railroad
Box Number: 4
From: McKenzie, Lewis
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 May 16
Location: Alexandria, VA
Subject: requested that certain named parties be arrested and brought to
trial for willful damage to railroad
Box Number: 4
From: McLaughlin, Nathan M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 February 9
Location: Albany, OH
Subject: requested two dozen plus muster out rolls be sent to him by
steamer
Box Number: 4
From: McLaughlin, Nathan M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 28
Location: Buckhannon (Upshur)
Subject: reported that certain recruitment expenses incurred and receipts
issued in conjunction with 9th Regiment Virginia Volunteer
Infantry had never been paid; how could this best be
accomplished?
Box Number: 4
From: McNally, Patrick
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 November 23
Location: Leadsville (Randolph)
Subject: urged promotion of Andrew P. Russell, then Orderly Sergeant
Box Number: 4
From: McPhail, D. H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 28
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: transmittal for G. O. No. 74 and explanation of one month's
advance pay for recruits going old and new organizations
Box Number: 4
From: McPhrue, Major
To:
Date: n.d.
Location:
Subject: memo
Box Number: 4
From: McQuigg, William T.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 March 24
Location: Clarksburg (Harrison)
Subject: requested appointment of 1st Lieutenant as Company C, 5th
Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry had only one commissioned
officer
Box Number: 4
From: McQuigg, William T.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 May 8
Location: Clarksburg (Harrison)
Subject: recommended William E. Rowe for 2nd Lieutenant, Company C, 5th
Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: McReynolds, Andrew
To: Pierpont
Date: 1863/01/16
Location: Martinsburg (Berkeley)
Subject: status of prisoner
Box Number: 4
From: McVickers, Hillary
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 June 19
Location: Cabell Courthouse (Barboursville) (Cabell)
Subject: paroled Union soldier, just returned home, unable to work,
request part or all of backpay
Box Number: 4
From: McWhorter, J. M.
To:
Date: 1862 March 21
Location: Roane Courthouse (Roane)
Subject: affidavit of Leonard Simmons
Box Number: 4
From: Malone, Frank M.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 August 30
Location: Alexandria, VA
Subject: requested authorization to raise a company in conjunction with
William H. Poynton
Box Number: 4
From: Malmros, Oscar
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 22
Location: MN
Subject: forwarded a copy of Adjutant General's end of year report for
Minnesota; request same from Samuels
Box Number: 4
From: Marks, John Y.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862
Location: (Hancock)
Subject: requested policy on resignation of state militia officers;
inquired about rules of conduct for second Major in a regiment
and asked if an officer is not recognized by the law, is he still
subject to the law
Box Number: 4
From: Marmett, ?
To: John
Date: 1862 July 1
Location: Clarksburg (Harrison)
Subject: return of doctor
Box Number: 4
From: Marsh, Lewis M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 9
Location: Russells Mills (Tyler)
Subject: reported opening Camp Harris, Russels Mills, Tyler County;
because of location recruits are boarded at .30 cents each per
day
Box Number: 4
From: Marsh, Lewis M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 27
Location: Russells Mills (Tyler)
Subject: requested determination whether men who signed enlistment form
can remain at home or must enter service
Box Number: 4
From: Marsh, Lewis M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 March 20
Location: Russells Mills (Tyler)
Subject: letter written in reply to Samuels' order to release Ellis
Galloway due to unfitness; Marsh stated not so and gave
arguments; requested reconsideration
Box Number: 4
From: Marsh, Lewis M.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 April 5
Location: Russells Mills (Tyler)
Subject: author sensitive to criticism considering contract to board
recruits at .30 cents per day; explained history of matter and
that General Rosecrans fixed amount
Box Number: 4
From: Marsh, Lewis M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 November 25
Location: Russells Mills (Tyler)
Subject: explained delay in submitting requisition; requested clothing for
fifteen men
Box Number: 4
From: Marshall, Alex. T.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 28
Location: Cumberland, MD
Subject: transmittal of monthly return of 7th Regiment Virginia Volunteer
Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Marshall, Alex. T.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 February 25
Location: Paw Paw (Morgan)
Subject: transmittal for receipt of rolls and January return for regiment
Box Number: 4
From: Marshall, Alex. T.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 March 27
Location: Alpine, VA
Subject: stated that regiment has no blank forms due to volume of reports
required; enumerated names of reports and requested blanks
Box Number: 4
From: Marshall, Alex. T.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 8
Location: New Market, VA
Subject: transmittal for answers to questions raised by Adjutant General;
explained difficulty in furnishing information
Box Number: 4
From: Marshall, Alex. T.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 June 25
Location: Manassas, VA
Subject: states he desired to become line officer; desired to know what
his chances were; not a Virginian when he joined regiment
Box Number: 4
From: Martin, Jacob
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 December 21
Location: Bridgeport (Harrison)
Subject: transmittal for the list of proceedings of 138th Militia Regiment
for 1862; fines to follow upon collection and receipt by sheriff
Box Number: 4
From: Martin, James
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 7
Location: Washington, D. C.
Subject: requested transfer from 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
in independent company of cavalry being formed by Captain Palmer
(photocopy; original in file of William Givens)
Box Number: 4
From: Martin, Jesse
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 June 19
Location:
Subject: acknowledged receipt of commission; requested 55-60 good arms;
asked that if Harpers Ferry rifles sent the tubes (barrels) be
examined; cartridges should be checked for sufficient powder
Box Number: 4
From: Mason, A. C.
To: William E. Wetzel
Date: 1862 July 21
Location: West Columbia (Mason)
Subject: recommended the removal of arms then in Mason City, Virginia, to
a safer location or distribution among loyal citizens; note of
recommendation by John Hall
Box Number: 4
From: Mathew, William I.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 29
Location: Ravenswood (Jackson)
Subject: stated that he thought Parkersburg should be the headquarters of
the 13th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry and gave his
reasons
Box Number: 4
From: Mathews, William I.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 15
Location: Point Pleasant (Mason)
Subject: reported recruiting successes and failures of the 13th; stated
names; requested answer to 7/29/62 letter; asked if recruits
could elect officers before going to depot
Box Number: 4
From: Mathews, William I.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 19
Location: Ravenswood (Jackson)
Subject: reported Regimental headquarters established at Point Pleasant;
reported arrival of recruits, company elections, and additional
recruiting activities
Box Number: 4
From: Mathews, William I.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 December 31
Location: Point Pleasant (Mason)
Subject: transmittal of muster-in rolls of regiment
Box Number: 4
From: Maupin, A. Tyne
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 13
Location: Washington, D. C.
Subject: writer was destitute; ruined by rebels; requested position as
quartermaster, 16th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry or some
other position
Box Number: 4
From: Mayer, Daniel
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 July 14
Location: Woodville, VA
Subject: requested promotion to Surgeon, 10th Regiment Virginia Volunteer
Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Mayfield, Samuel
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 19
Location: Ripley's (Tyler)
Subject: reported rebels act with impunity in Tyler County; nothing has
been done or is being done to control them; if legal action not
taken timely, bloodshed will follow
Box Number: 4
From: Means, Samuel
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 November 1
Location: Waterford, VA
Subject: copy of forged letter by A. C. Webster which he used to obtain a
Captain's commission from Pierpont; see Fillebsorn, J. S.
Box Number: 4
From: Means, Samuel
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 November 15
Location: Waterford, VA
Subject: organized company of rangers and and operating in Loudon County;
requested commissions for self, Luther W. Slater, 1st Lieutenant,
and Daniel M. Keys, 2nd Lieutenant; desires to enlarge force to
battalion; in P.S. wrote of Webster as horse thief
Box Number: 4
From: Meers, R. C.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 1
Location: Burlington, OH
Subject: requested position as surgeon or assistant surgeon
Box Number: 4
From: Mequillet, David
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 3
Location: Elm Ford, VA
Subject: transmittal and petition for Lieutenant Colonel N. P. Richmond to
be made Colonel
Box Number: 4
From: Mercer, Cornelius
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 26
Location: Clarksburg (Harrison)
Subject: transmittal for bills for boarding recruits; requested that
payment be sent by Adams Express to Clarksburg
Box Number: 4
From: Mercer, Cornelius
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 November 25
Location: New Creek (Mineral)
Subject: requests Governor to inquire of General Samuels if he has settled
$40.00 voucher submitted by Mercer via Major Hill
Box Number: 4
From: Merriman, E. R.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 January 30
Location: Parkersburg (Wood)
Subject: Captain Merriman ordered to conduct inspection of 5th Regiment
Virginia Volunteer Infantry at Parkersburg; this document is his
report of that inspection; report showed inattention to duty by
officers and neglect of men and weapons
Box Number: 4
From: Merriman, E. R.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 March 22
Location: New Creek (Mineral)
Subject: requested resignation of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin R. Haley and
recommended promotion of Sergeant Major W. H. H. Eba to 2nd
Lieutenant
Box Number: 4
From: Merritt, Thomas J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 November 6
Location: Cabell Courthouse (Barboursville) (Cabell)
Subject: requested Samuels to find him a clerk's or similar job, health
feeble; described Jenkin's Raid on Courthouse, Cabell County a
waste; reported no pay since June
Box Number: 4
From: Meyer, Charles
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 28
Location: Point Pleasant (Mason)
Subject: requested receipt for beef for 34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry be
returned
Box Number: 4
From: Miller, C. H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 November 10
Location: Camp Chase, Columbus, OH
Subject: requested that Frank Morris and he be transferred from Camp Chase
Prison to Wheeling Prison
Box Number: 4
From: Miller, C. H.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 December 17
Location: Atheneum Prison, Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: reported interview with examining officer in which he was called
a guerrilla or bushwhacker; requested charges be filed against
him and witnesses brought forward
Box Number: 4
From: Miller, John G.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 December 29
Location: Camp Chase Prison, Columbus, OH
Subject: imprisoned since October 18/62; requested he be returned home to his
family
Box Number: 4
From: Miller, William G.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 June 19
Location: Willow Island (Pleasants)
Subject: declined a 2nd Lieutenant's commission because he was elected 1st
Lieutenant, not 2nd
Box Number: 4
From: Milroy, Robert H.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 June 13
Location: Mount Jackson, VA
Subject: reported that Captain Thomas Gibson, Jr., 2nd Regiment Virginia
Volunteer Infantry was found satisfactory on examination and also
displayed knowledge of tactics, gallantry, and efficiency
Box Number: 4
From: Milroy, Robert H.
To: P. McNally
Date: 1862 September 6
Location: Freeland, VA
Subject: explained to Captain Patrick McNally why his company was not
selected as a "Sharpshooter Co."
Box Number: 4
From: Milroy, Robert H.
To: G. O. 74
Date: 1862 October 24
Location: Clarksburg (Harrison)
Subject: ordered Col. John D. Nicholls to command 12th Regiment Virginia
Volunteer Infantry during illness of Colonel John B. Klunk
Box Number: 4
From: Miner, Robert W.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 17
Location: Centerville (Upshur)
Subject: requested 2nd Lieutenant's commission be sent subsequent to his
election 9/3/62, 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteer Light Artillery
Box Number: 4
From: Minnear, William S.
To: Samuels
Date:
Location: Worthington (Marion)
Subject: reported questionable activities in Home Guard
Box Number: 4
From: Molony, Eben
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 25
Location: Point Pleasant (Mason)
Subject: letter of transmittal for letter of recommendation and request
for commission in 14th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Monroe, John E.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 June 11
Location: Guyandotte (Cabell)
Subject: request for letter of recommendation to Congressman Blair for
appointment to West Point
Box Number: 4
From: Monroe, L. H.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 April 2
Location: Parkersburg (Wood)
Subject: recommendation for Dr. J. H. Rouse and Assistant Surgeon in
Virginia Volunteer Regiment
Box Number: 4
From: Moore, Alexander C.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 24
Location: Buckhannon (Upshur)
Subject: stated he had written Governor about Battery and accepted offer
of a competent 1st Lieutenant
Box Number: 4
From: Moore, Alexander C.
To: Jasper Moore
Date: 1862 September 10
Location: Buckhannon (Upshur)
Subject: requested his brother to call upon Governor Pierpont and suggest
Lieutenant C. B. for position of Captain, Company H, 3rd Virginia
Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Moore, Jasper Y.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 February 17
Location: Clarksburg (Harrison)
Subject: letter of introduction and recommendation for Cornelius Mercer
for Quartermaster, 10th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Moore, Jonathan
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 February 26
Location: Grafton (Taylor)
Subject: requested blank pay rolls for Company K, 7th Regiment Virginia
Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Moore, Thomas L.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 February 18
Location: Clarksburg (Harrison)
Subject: letter of introduction and recommendation for Cornelius Mercer
for Quartermaster, 10th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Morgan, David
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 February 20
Location: Buckhannon (Upshur)
Subject: request blank payrolls for Company B, 10th Regiment Virginia
Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Morgan, H. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 7
Location: (Wetzel)
Subject: annual return of Wetzel Guards, Company B, 154th Regiment Militia
opposed commissioning of John MacKinsey as Colonel of 154th
Box Number: 4
From: Morris, Emily
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 8
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: thanked the Governor for his letter; discussed the treatment of
her husband and others in Confederate prison camp
Box Number: 4
From: Morris, Jonathan
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 April 9
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: reported for duty; however, there was a conflict between himself
and Dr. Grant over who would be Surgeon, 9th Regiment Virginia
Volunteer Infantry; requested commission
Box Number: 4
From: Morris, Jonathan
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 9
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: received orders to report to Camp Chase, Ohio; expected
assignment to post or hospital; requested his commission be sent
to wife, who would send it on to him
Box Number: 4
From: Morris, Jonathan
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 November 14
Location: Camp Wallace, OH
Subject: stationed at Brigade Hospital; case sent to War Department; if
transfer ordered by War Department, General Cooper would release
him from Camp Wallace to go to Regiment
Box Number: 4
From: Morris, Wirt
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 9
Location: Middlebourne (Tyler)
Subject: reported mustering in thirty recruits; requested mustering-in
forms for a full company, form for a furlough and transportation
order
Box Number: 4
From: Morrison, John L.
To: Rohrbacher
Date: 1862 July 28
Location: Grafton (Taylor)
Subject: reported sending his address but no recruits
Box Number: 4
From: Morrison, John L.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 29
Location: Grafton (Taylor)
Subject: requested transportation for thirty men he had recruited from
Grafton to Wheeling
Box Number: 4
From: Morrow, Oliver H. H.
To: Joseph Darr, Jr.
Date: 1862 March 31
Location: Mouth of Birch (Braxton)
Subject: request for assistance in obtaining pay while a prisoner of
Confederates, November 13-30, 1861
Box Number: 4
From: Moss, J. W.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 March 24
Location: Cheat Mountain Summit (Randolph)
Subject: acknowledged receipt of note concerning submission of descriptive
list; advised that Adjutant was under arrest and resigned; list
being prepared by clerks
Box Number: 4
From: Moss, J. W.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 March 28
Location: Cheat Mountain Summit (Randolph)
Subject: requested clarification of appointing power for commissions;
desired to fill vacant positions by appointments from ranks in
2nd Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Moss, J. W.
To:
Date: 1862 September 2
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: certification that Morgan Hostettle unfit for military service by
Surgeon 14th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Moss, V. R.
To:
Date: 1862 January 24
Location:
Subject: affidavit
Box Number: 4
From: Mudd, John J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 8
Location: Jackson, TN
Subject: advised that James Murray of New Manchester (Hancock County),
sutler, 13th Iowa Regiment, may be subject to draft; claims 45
years old
Box Number: 4
From: Murdock, D. S. and T. J.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 April 2
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: Co. has allotment rolls for three companies 2nd Regiment Virginia
Volunteer Cavalry for security against advances made to
families; how, where, and to whom should bills be sent
Box Number: 4
From: Murdock, D. S. and T. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 3
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: forwarded allotment rolls for Companies B and G; Company K not
yet received; instructions given to examine, and if incorrect
make new ones; expressed appreciation of cooperation
Box Number: 4
From: Murdock, D. S. and T. J.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 31
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: follow-up to letter of 5/3/62
Box Number: 4
From: Murphy, W. H.
To: E. A. Hileshire
Date: 1861/01/24
Location: (Wood)
Subject: marriage license
Box Number: 4
From: Naret, E.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 February 17
Location: Buffalo (Putnam)
Subject: described the split in the county North-South sentiments and the
difficulties encountered in organizing the 181st Regiment
Militia; because of his financial position, he requested payment
of his services
Box Number: 4
From: Naret, E.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 February 28
Location: Buffalo (Putnam)
Subject: his claim for reimbursement was for the organization and
establishment of patrols; the Militia Regiment exists only on
paper; accordingly the Governor or Adjutant General should
certify his claim, not the Regimental Commander
Box Number: 4
From: Nay, Henry
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 September 15
Location: Mannington (Marion)
Subject: reported may raise 400 men for Militia Regiment; however can
locate only 25 muskets or rifles; could Adjutant General obtain
arms; one company attached to 140th Regiment Militia desired to
serve in 176th Regiment Militia
Box Number: 4
From: Neal, Thomas
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 April 21
Location: Cabell Courthouse (Barboursville) (Cabell)
Subject: reported he had submitted resignation; request leave of absence
from duties
Box Number: 4
From: Neidert, Nicholas
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 July 10
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: request commission for recruiting; at that time was 1st Sergeant,
Company ?, 6th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry, from
Atheneum
Box Number: 4
From: Neidert, Nicholas
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 November 28
Location: Clarksburg (Harrison)
Subject: how any Orderly Sergeant requests commission upon creation of
vacancy in his regiment
Box Number: 4
From: Nelson, J. W.
To: Samuels
Date: 0862/03/22
Location: Wheeling (Ohio)
Subject: stated he had committed no offense but was in prison; requested
Samuels come see him
Box Number: 4
From: Newland, Isaac
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 September 24
Location: Portsmouth Grove, RI
Subject: hospitalized in Rhode Island; several Virginians beside himself
request transfer to hospital in Virginia
Box Number: 4
From: Newman, Henry
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 20
Location: Fairmont (Marion)
Subject: has between thirty and forthy recruits; wanted to keep them
together; requested quarters and subsistence
Box Number: 4
From: Newman, Henry
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 4
Location: Clarksburg (Harrison)
Subject: reported his company numbers about sixty men; needed blankets
badly; reported capture of Colonel Rathbone; all horses brought
across river; how with supplies
Box Number: 4
From: Nicholls, J. D.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 August 30
Location: Wellsburg (Brooke)
Subject: letter of introduction for E. W. Melvin; Melvin desired a pass to
join his brother in 1st Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Nicholls, J. D.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 9
Location: Wellsburg (Brooke)
Subject: requested a special order to call out the Militia to drill as
well as Home Guard; trouble in filling companies with volunteers
going in U. S. Service and strong secessionist group; Nicholls
was Colonel in 103rd Regiment Virginia Militia
Box Number: 4
From: Nicholls, J. D.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 October 29
Location: Wellsburg (Brooke)
Subject: reported enrollment of 103rd Regiment Militia, 24th Brigade, 3rd
Division and number of weapons number of U. S. volunteers in
Brooke County unknown
Box Number: 4
From: Nicholls, J. D.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 November 7
Location: Wellsburg (Brooke)
Subject: requested verification of enclosed General Order; requested
location of 12th Regiment Virginia Volunteer Infantry
Box Number: 4
From: Nichols, U. A.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 June 20
Location: Washington, D. C.
Subject: requested copies of Army list for Virginia beginning with first
issue
Box Number: 4
From: Nigh, Alice M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 27
Location: Ironton, OH
Subject: request payment of $20.00 order (bill) due her husband
Box Number: 4
From: Nines, Jacob
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 September 6
Location: St. Marys (Pleasants)
Subject: requested clarification as to whether Home Guard should be shown
as separate company or mixed with other companies in militia
rolls
Box Number: 4
From: Nodin, Aaron B.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 May 4
Location: Charleston (Kanawha)
Subject: claim for the replacement of one horse rented to 8th Regiment
Virginia Volunteer Infantry value $100.00
Box Number: 4
From: Northcott, Robert S.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 September 24
Location: Clarksburg (Harrison)
Subject: record of the election of commissioned officers of volunteer
company of cavalry 9/23/62
Box Number: 4
From: Norton, Augustus
To: Pierpont and Samuels
Date: 1862 September 3
Location: Athens, OH
Subject: notification of acceptance of captaincy in Ohio cavalry; withdrew
request for restoration
Box Number: 4
From: Norton, J. H.
To: Pierpont
Date: 1862 July 22
Location: Athens, OH
Subject: letter from father of Augustus Norton advising Governor of son's
bravery and valor; included copy of letter from son's commanding
officer
Box Number: 4
From: Nutter, C. M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 15
Location: White Oak (Ritchie)
Subject: asked if volunteer militia would be paid if used in suppressing
rebellion
Box Number: 4
From: Nutter, C. M.
To: Samuels
Date: 1862 January 27
Location: White Oak (Ritchie)
Subject: acknowledged receipt of Samuels' letter 1/21; stated he was
called to duty twice for total of 10 days service
Box Number: 4