Richmond, October 17th, 1859–2.40 P. M.
John W. Garrett, Esq.,
Pres't B. & O. R. R. Co.:
The Governor requests that you will send the following order to Col. Gibson. Three good companies from that regiment can be immediately called out.
WM. H. RICHARDSON,
Adjutant General.
SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 10