Dispatch
Unknown to Lyne Starling, August 23, 1863
Pikeville
Pikeville, August 23, 1863.
Lieut. Col. LYNE STARLING, Dunlap :
Your dispatch by signal received. Colonel Minty fell back toward Poe’s on his own responsibility, not by my order, but no doubt found it absolutely necessary to save his command.
I am sending a dispatch to him with instructions in accordance with your order, I shall take care of my left.
eee atest H. P. VAN CLEVE Brigadi er-Gen eral, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, West Georgia, Pt. 1. Location: Pikeville. Summary: Brigadier General H. P. Van Cleve informs Lieutenant Colonel Lyne Starling that Colonel Minty retreated independently to preserve his command and that Van Cleve will secure his left flank.
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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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