Panola, August 14, 1863.1
General Chalmers:
Scout Givens reports from Byhalia, August 13, 4 o’clock p.m., enemy passed 600 strong, four pieces of artillery, eight ambulances, six wagons, with eight days’ rations, a number of spades, shovels, picks, and axes, and one pontoon bridge. They took the road to Wyatt and Cox’s Cross-Roads. Three car-loads of troops passed up night of 12th. Scout has information that a force left La Grange yesterday morning, which confirms dispatch just sent you. The forces are from Germantown, Collierville, and La Fayette.
THOS. HENDERSON,
Captain &c.
- War of the Rebellion: Serial 053 Page 0498 KY.,SW.VA.,TENN.,MISS.,N.ALA., AND N.GA. Chapter XLII.
The reports and dispatches of Henderson’s Cavalry Scouts: Unlike many of the independent or partisan Confederate groups, Henderson’s Cavalry Scouts routinely interfaced and worked with regular Confederate forces and some documentation of their activities was preserved in the Official Records. Captain Thomas Henderson and his brother, Samuel, also interacted with Confederate spies and agents such as Belle Edmondson.