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ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Ashby - 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 943

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF KENTUCKY,
Lancaster, Ky.,
October 14, 1862.

Col. H. M. ASHBY,
Commanding Cavalry:

COLONEL:
The major-general commanding directs that you proceed immediately to where the Lancaster and Danville pike crosses Dick’s River and report to Colonel Wheeler with your command for the protection of our rear in that direction.

Very respectfully, &c.,

E. CUNNINGHAM,
Lieutenant and Acting Aide-de-Camp.