Letter
Unknown to Lyne Starling, August 16, 1863
McMinnville
McMinnville, August 16, 1863.
Lieut. Col. LYNE STARLING, Assistant Adjutant-General, Twenty-first Army Corps: There is a regiment of rebel cavalry at Sparta. Beyond that point I know of no rebel force nearer than Kingston and Post Oak. I have everything in readiness for march. Colonel Minty informs me that he has no forage, but will have to-night by railroad. Expect to camp to-night at Collins River, 7 miles ; to-morrow night at headwaters of Rocky River, on the mountain. H. P. VAN CLEVE, Brigadier-General. WINCHESTER, August 16, 1863. Nashville : One of our scouts reports Coffey, with a party of bushwhackers, on the rampage this side of Caney Fork. Major and Aide-de-Camp.
Hpers. THIRD BRIGADE, First CAVALRY DIVISION,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: McMinnville. Summary: Brigadier General H. P. Van Cleve informs Lieutenant Colonel Lyne Starling of Confederate cavalry locations near Sparta and plans for troop movements and camping during the 1863 campaign.
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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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