Glenville WVa
March 17 1865
Hon FP Peripoint
Adgt & Gen
I understand that Geo H Cox or some of his traitors allies are busy circulating false charges against me if they make a report you I should like for you to furnish me with a copy of it and allow me to defend it
Your Respectfully
Capt WT Wiant
Transcription by John Morrison, undergraduate student enrolled in Dr. Billy Joe Peyton's Fall 2010 "Introduction to Public History" at West Virginia State University