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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories	48	6	Browse	Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing)	20	0	Browse	Search
Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans)	19	1	Browse	Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865	10	0	Browse	Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles	8	0	Browse	Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company)	8	0	Browse	Search
The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1860., [Electronic resource]	6	0	Browse	Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 3. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.)	6	0	Browse	Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore)	6	0	Browse	Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2.	6	0	Browse	Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A Narrative of the service of Colonel Geo. A. Porterfield in Northwestern Virginia in 1861-1861, (search)

oops from the eastern part of the State. This is proven by the following correspondence between Hon. G. W. Summers, member of the Virginia Convention, and Governor Letcher. （Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume I, page 457.) [Extract.] Kanawha Courthouse, May 3, 1861. John Letcher, Governor of Virginia: My dear Sir— I doubt very much the expediency of sending any troops to the western border, at least for the present. The appearance of troops at Wheeling, Parkersburg, Point Pleasant, or other places on the Ohio river, would serve to irritate and invite aggression. You could not send enough to do much good, if they choose to invade from the other side. They can concentrate on Wheeling fifty thousand men from the other side in twenty-four hours, by the various railroads leading to that point; so at Parkersburg, but in less numbers. The Ohio river is fordable in the summer and fall at many points, and the whole river, from Sandy to the end of Hancock, is easily cros

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