Barbour County. W.
Va June the 18th 1865
Mr F. P. Peirpoint
Adjutant[sic] General of. W. Va
Sir I whant[sic] you to S
Renumber our Regiment
and Send on our Commissions
and the No of our Regt on
the Commissions under the
new State we belong to the
fifth Briggade[sic] and Second
division W. Va Militia
our Regt under the State of
Va No 1.69th but it will not
Reach that No now direct
the Commissions to Phillipi[sic]
Barbour County W, Va to
Major Benjamin Simon
of the 1.69th Regt Va
Militia Signed Die[sic]
Michael Simon Col Commanding
you Nead[sic] to not
Send the Cols
Commission he is free
by age
Transcription by James Bailes, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University