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Online Archive of 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 Dicks 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.