Dispatch
P. P. Oldershaw to Horatio P. Van Cleve, August 23, 1863
Dunlap
Dunlap, August 23, 1863.
General VAN CLEVE, Pikeville : Minty’s dispatch received. If he has fallen back in direction of Poe’s Tavern on your orders or without orders, he has acted very imprudently and must return to watch the enemy, and if forced to retire must do so on Pikeville. If by this fatal step he cannot reoccupy his position he.must in some way rejoin you without fatiguing his peti Being on the ground you must act on the above by your own judgment, and always have in mind the exposed condition of your left.
P. P. OLDERSHAW,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Hpgrs. THIRD DIVISION, TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS,
Hpgrs. THIRD DIVISION, TWENTY-FIRST ARMY CORPS,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Dunlap. Summary: Captain Oldershaw instructs General Van Cleve to ensure Minty maintains position or retreats cautiously to Pikeville, emphasizing vigilance over the exposed left flank during the 1863 Civil War engagement.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 30, Part 1
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