ORs: (CS) Report of Gen. Wheeler - July 4, 1863

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 23, Part 1, Page 617

HEADQUARTERS WHEELER’S CAVALRY CORPS,
Mountains, near Cowan,
July 4, 1863—4 p. m.

GENERAL:
I have just retired one brigade, leaving one brigade upon the mountain. Fighting this morning quite heavy for a short time, the enemy being repulsed; their loss considerable, including a colonel aud lieutenant-colonel. They show no disposition to pursue any farther.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOS WHEELER,
Major-General.

General LEONIDASI POLK.