Frank Moore, ed. Vol. 4. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1863, p. 71
Gen. Fremont, at Wheeling, Va., issued an order, assigning Brig. Gen. Kelley to the command of "all of Western Virginia north and east of the counties of Jackson, Roane, Calhoun, Braxton, Lewis, Barbour and Tucker inclusive, and west of the Alleghanies, Maryland and Pennsylvania constituting the Railroad District."
Timeline of West Virginia: Civil War and Statehood: March 1862