ORs: (CS) Correspondence from Col. Wheeler - October 13, 1862

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 939

HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, DEPARTMENT No. 2,
On the Road,
October 13, 1862.

General J. A. WHARTON,
Comdg. Cavalry, Right Wing, Army of the Mississippi:

GENERAL:
Will you be kind enough to inform me of the nature of your orders? I am now upon the road in your rear with my command, and it is necessary that we should understand each other’s orders in order to be able to operate to the best advantage.

Respectfully, general, your obedient servant,

JOS. WHEELER,
Chief of Cavalry.