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October 1862 Timeline

Chronology of Ranger activities during March 1862.

ORs: (CS) Special Orders, No. 3 - September 25, 1862

Orders relieving Forrest from duty and assining him to raise a brigade in Middle Tennessee.

ORs: (CS) Report of Colonel Wharton - September 27, 1862

Request for instructions.

ORs: (CS) Circular - September 27, 1862

Orders for the disposition of the CS cavalry.

ORs: (CS) Report of Colonel Wharton - September 27, 1862

Response to orders describing disposition of troops.

ORs: (CS) Report of Colonel Wharton - September 28, 1862

Report from Salt River describing movements of troops.

ORs: (CS) Report of Colonel Wharton - September 28, 1862

Report from Mount Washington on efforts to destroy bridge at Shepherdsville.

ORs: (CS) Report of General Polk - September 30, 1862

Relaying of report from Major Bankhead who was with Wharton.

ORs: (CS) Report of General Polk - October 2, 1862

Report about an attack upon Wharton's troops.

ORs: (CS) Message from General Hardee to Colonel Wheeler- October 2, 1862

Information on orders for Wharton to fall back on the Bardstown-Louisville pike.

ORs: (CS) Report of Colonol Wharton - October 3, 1862

Report on return of Wharton's scout and need for ammunition.

ORs: (CS) Orders for General Wheeler - October 3, 1862

Orders for Wheeler to report to Bardstown, KY.

ORs: (CS) Report of Colonel Wharton - October 3, 1862

Report on the results of the flag of truce.

ORs: (CS) Message from Col. Wharton to Col Wheeler - October 3, 1862

Message to Col. Wheeler describing the location of Wharton's forces.

News: Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph - October 3, 1862

News on the health of the regiment.

ORs: (CS) Orders for Col Wheeler - October 4, 1862

Orders for Wheeler to move his command to Harrodsburg.

ORs: (US) Report of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, Octobr 4, 1862

Report on the skirmish at Bardstown, KY.

ORs: (CS) Correspondence from Col. Wharton - October 4, 18623

Message to US General Thomas regarding men captured during truce.

ORs: (CS) Report of General Polk - October 5, 1862

Report that mentions Wharton's Cavalry being cut off from Bardstown.

ORs: (CS) Report of Colonel Wharton - October 5, 1862

Report from Fredricktown, KY and request for clarification of orders.

ORs: (CS) Orders for General Wheeler - October 5, 1862

Orders for the movement of his command.

ORs: (CS) Report of General Polk - October 6, 1862

Report mentioning that Wharton ordered to report to Gen. Hardee with his command.

Letter: October 7 - G. Q. Turner

to his father from Anderson, TX

Letter: October 8 - R. F. Bunting

Published in the San Antonio Herald on November 1, 1862.

Letter: October 9 - Frank Shannon

Frank Shannon to his parents and Emma, from Yorktown, TX.

ORs: (CS) Orders for Colonel Morgan - October 12, 1862

Mentions that Wharton is to cover train going by Nicholasville.

ORs: (CS) Correspondence from Col. Wheeler - October 13, 1862

Request for information on Wharton's orders.

ORs: (CS) Correspondence from Col. Wharton - October 13, 1862

Response to Wharton outlining orders given by General Polk.

ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Wheeler - October 13, 1862

Orders placing Wheeler in command of all the cavalry of the Army of Kentucky.

ORs: (CS) Correspondence from Col. Wheeler - October 14, 1862

Request for information on disposition of Wharton's forces.

ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Wharton - October 14, 1862

Request for information on enemy movements and orders to hold his position.

ORs: (CS) Correspondence from Col. Wharton - October 14, 1862

Report on the movements of the enemy and the defense of Crab Orchard.

ORs: (CS) Correspondence from Col. Wharton - October 14, 1862

Report on the particulars of the enemy facing Wharton's cavalry.

ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Ashby - October 14, 1862

Orders to report immediately to Col. Wheeler.

ORs: (CS) Orders for Gen. Stevenson - October 14, 1862

Orders to stop and send cavalry to report to Wheeler at the Danville crossing of Dick's River.

ORs: (CS) Special Orders No. 2 - October 14, 1862

Orders for the disposition of Ashby's Cavalry.

ORs: (CS) Report from Col. Wheeler - October 15, 1862

Report on the movements of cavalry.

ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Wheeler - October 15, 1862

Orders for cavalry, mentions that Wharton was snet in pursuit of Scott's command to return it to the front.

ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Wheeler - October 15, 1862

Orders for cavalry to help bring up straglers.

ORs: (CS) Report from Gen. Kirby Smith - October 15, 1862

Report on the progress of the Confederate Retreat and orders for Wheeler.

ORs: (CS) Report of Colonel Howard - October 17, 1862

Report on skirmishes near Mountain Gap, October 14-16.

ORs: (CS) Correspondence from John Pegram - October 17, 1862

Orders for falling back and comments on Wheeler and Wharton.

ORs: (US) Report of Gen Smith - October 17, 1862

Request for orders on whether to continue the pursuit of Confederate Forces.

ORs: (US) Report of Gen Smith - October 17, 1862

Report on the Confederate forces encountered near Camp Wildcat.

ORs: (US) Report of Gen Smith - October 17, 1862

Report on movements of Confederate forces.

ORs: (US) Report of Gen Smith - October 18, 1862

Report of an engagement with Confederate forces.

ORs: (US) Report of Gen Smith - October 18, 1862

Report on position of Confederate forces.

ORs: (US) Report of Gen Smith - October 19, 1862

Report on a reconnaissance on the Madison Road.

ORs: (CS) Report from Gen. Polk - October 19, 1862

Report on the Confederate withdrawl.

ORs: (CS) Message to Col. Wheeler - October 19, 1862

Message and suggestions from Gen. Smith.

ORs: (CS) Orders for Col. Wheeler - October 19, 1862

Orders to have Col. Wharton cover General McCowen's withdrawl.

ORs: (CS) Message from E. Cunningham - October 19, 1862

Mentions that Col. Wharton is covering General Heth's withdrawl.

ORs: (US) Report of Colonel McCook - October 24, 1862

Report of expedition from Crab Orchard to Big Hill and Richmond.

ORs: (CS) Message for Col. Wheeler- October 13, 1862

Col Wharton still on the old State Road.

Letter: October 17 - R. F. Bunting

To Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph, November 10, 1862.

ORs: (CS) Message to Gen. Henry Heth - October 20, 1862

Cmments on Federal advances at Wild Cat Road.

Letter: October 20 - Sam Love

To his sister.

Letter: October 20 - John Love

To his father.

ORs: (CS) General Orders No. 3 - October 23, 1862

Wheeler praises and comments on the CS Cavalry's performance in the autumn Kentucky campaign.

Letter: October 26 - J. W. Hill

John W. Hill to his sister, from Knoxville, TN

Letter: October 27 - B. F. Burke

To his parents from Knoxville, TN

Letter: October 27 - Isaac Fulkerson

To his sister, from Knoxville, TN

Letter: October 27 - JW Rabb

John Wesley Rabb to his mother

Letter: October 29 - B. F. Batchelor

To G. Q. Turner from Camp Lenores, TN

ORs: (US) Report of Colonel Hazen - November 1, 1862

Report on Pursuit

ORs: (CS) Report of General Polk - November, 1862

Report on the Battle of Perryville, KY.

ORs: (CS) Report of General Bragg - May 20, 1863

Report on Bragg's Fall Campaign in Kentucky and Tennessee

CV: Confederate Veteran, February 1900, p. 59

"Reminiscences of Fighting in Kentucky"

CV: Confederate Veteran, February 1905

October Letters in article from Vol. 13, No. 2, Pg. 61 - February, 1905

News: First Forney Cafe Operator Tells of War

Dallas Morning News - June 6, 1929

News: Married Sixty Years

Dallas Morning News - December 12, 1930

News: Sam Maverick, Witness of Last Texas Indian Fight, Now 94

Dallas Morning News - May 17, 1931

News: Stories From The Confederate Home

Dallas Morning News - September 17, 1931

News: Littlefield Name Texas Institution

Dallas Morning News - April 11, 1942

News: Rival Held Thornton in High Esteem

Dallas Morning News - April 11, 1942

News: Mrs. Koons, 73, Of Sanger Dies

Dallas Morning News - April 28, 1949

News: Family tradition in AG Department

Dallas Morning News - November 11, 1954

News: Mrs. Wasson Daughter of Pioneer, Dies

Dallas Morning News - July 1, 1956

News: Gonzales Ranger Fell at Elk River

Dallas Morning News - May 10, 1962

News: 'Rebel Deserter' Gets It Because Yankees Winced

Dallas Morning News - April 19, 1965

Biographical Notes: ( Family Portrait Census Gravesite Researchers Links)

Isaac Dunbar Affleck
Perry Affleck
Hugh E. Allen
O. W. Alexander
Gabriel B. Beaumont
Green Bouldin
C. M. Bradshaw
George Henry Bruce - Mail
Simeon Robert Bruce - Mail
Samuel Irwin Bryan
William Benjamin Franklin Byrd
Aaron Compton
M. V. Dillard
James Duncan
Marcus Legrand Evans
John Farmer - Email
William A. Gill
A. D. Harris
T. Harris
Thomas Haynes
F. F. Hooper
John S. Hubbard
Albert Jankes
Richard A. Jarman
Levi Moses Kokernot
George Washington Littlefield
A. F. Logan
Sam Maverick
Charles William McGehee
Daniel Alexander McGonigal
Alsey Silvanus Miller
George Daniel Mitchell
C. M. O'Neal
Thomas H. Newby
H. M. Norwood
John L. Norwood
E. M. Phelps
Charles F. Reavill
Ed. W. Rogers
William Henry Sharp
Haynes Ellis Shuler
Daniel Brenton Shuler
George Willoughby Shuler
Glen Washington Shuler
William L. Springfield
John M. Staton
Henry Stevens
Nathan Stokes
Reuben Talley Stroud
Henry J. Terrell, Jr.
John E. Thornton
William L. Thornton
Lem Turner
John G. Walker
George W. Wright