ORs: (CS) Orders for 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 939-40

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,
Bryantsville, Ky.,
October 13, 1862.

Colonel WHEELER,
Commanding Cavalry:

Sir:
Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith directs me to say to you that you are hereby placed in command of all the cavalry of the whole army.You will cover the course of the river from the Lancaster and Danville crossings down to King’s Mill crossing, and in the movement now being made you will cover the rear and flank of both columns, viz, the one moving by the Big Hill and that moving by Mount Vernon. Until further orders make your reports to General Stevenson, who commands the rear guard.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. PEGRAM,
Chief of Staff.