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ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Wharton - October 14, 1862

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 16, Part 2, Page 942

HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY, DEPARTMENT No.2,
Crossing at Dick’s River, on Lancaster Pike, Ky.,
Oct. 14, 1862.

Colonel WHARTON:

COLONEL:
You will hold your position as firmly as possible, advising me promptly of all the movements of the enemy, particularly should he move toward Lancaster.

By order of Joseph Wheeler, chief of cavalry:

S. E. NORTON, JR.,
Acting Assistant Adjutant- General.