ORs: (CS) Report of Gen. Wheeler - July 3, 1863

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 23, Part 1, Page 616

UNIVERSITY,
July 3, [1863]—7.30 p. m.

GENERAL:
I have called here to see Colonel [G. G.] Dibrell, who has orders to leave here to-morrow morning at 6 o’clock. Our horses will, I fear, suffer very much for want of forage before we can reach a point where forage can be obtained. I think if you should leave a sufficient number of axes to obstruct the road in descending the mountain, the enemy could be retarded to some extent in that manner. To-day, with all our exertions, we could only procure six axes. The work of obstructing the road ascending the mountain was, therefore, imperfectly done. Please send me orders if you make any change in your dispositions.

With great respect, your obedient servant,

JOS. WHEELER,
Major-General.

Leut. Gen. LEONIDAS POLK,
Commanding Polk’s Corps.