ORs: (CS) Report of Aide De Camp George M. Dechard - April 27, 1863

War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
Series 1, Volume 23, Part 2, Page 798

HEADQUARTERS HARRISON’S CAVALRY BRIGADE,
Smithvilie,
April 27, 1863.

General J. A. WHARTON, Commanding Cavalry Division:

GENERAL:
The scout just returned from the direction of Liberty reports the enemy’s pickets about 3 miles this side of Liberty. The scout drove in the pickets. After retiring a short distance, they reappeared, and were a second time driven back. The scout then procured forage near there, and saw no farther signs of the enemy. They learned the enemy was encamped at the fork of the pike beyond Liberty. Colonel [C. C.] Crews establishes the line of couriers.

By order of Col. Thomas Harrison, commanding cavalry brigade:

GEO. M. DECHERD,
Acting Aide-de-Camp.

P. S.—It does not appear expedient to move down the river while the enemy occupy Liberty. I will remain here and examine the country above to-morrow.