COLUMBUS, April 15, 1869.
DEAR GENERAL:— The
Fifth Virginia was commanded by Colonel Zigler until about 1863, then by
Colonel Tomlinson until the end of its first term of enlistment, and in 1864
reenlisted and became the First West Virginia Veteran Volunteers under Colonel
Wm. H. Enochs. Its men would naturally claim the veteran regiment to be the
same as the former Fifth, as it was principally composed of the officers and
men of the Fifth, consolidated with the Ninth however.
Sincerely,
R. B. HAYES.
[Unidentified.]
SOURCE: Charles
Richard Williams, editor, Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard
Hayes, Volume 3, p. 60
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