ORs: (CS) Dispatch of Brig. Gen. John A. Wharton - December 6, 1862

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
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HEADQUARTERS WHARTON'S CAVALRY BRIGADE,
Nolensville, December 6, 1862—3.30 p. m.

Brigadier-General WHEELER,
Chief of Cavalry:

GENERAL:
In reply to your dispatch, just received, I have to report that the enemy are not, and have not been, in possession of. Franklin since I moved to this point. There has been, and still is, a company stationed on the Franklin pike, with orders to fall back on Franklin, and only to leave it when driven thence by a superior force of the enemy.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO. A. WHARTON,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Carairy Brigade.