I pulled the following out of the Officical Records, Vol.s 30-32:

George Martin

10/7/1863 Skirmish at Sims' Farm near Shelbville, Tenn, under Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CSA

CHATTANOOGA, October 8, 1863--10 a.m.
All our reports show that Wheeler broke up railroad, destroyed bridges between Wartrace and Murfreesborough. At M[urfreesborough] sacked the town but did nothing to fortifications. Wheeler sent detachment, about 2,000, to Wartrace, where Colonel Lowe overtook them, afternoon of 6th, just as they were about to fire the town, and after they had burned railroad bridge, fought them an hour, drove them toward Shelbyville, and pursued 3 miles till stopped by darkness. On 7th, Mitchell, with main cavalry force, Crook having joined him, overtook them at Shelbyville [Farmington] and put them to flight, killing 100 and capturing 200. Butterfield, who came up during this action with Lowe's cavalry and a regiment of Grangers infantry from Wartrace, reports that Mitchell will probably capture and destroy all of Wheeler's force.
[C. A. DANA.]
[Hon. E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.]
Vol. 30-1, pp. 210-211

CAVALRY.(+)
Maj. Gen. JOSEPH WHEELER.
WHARTON'S DIVISION.
Brig. Gen. JOHN A. WHARTON.
First Brigade.
Col. C. C. CREWS.
Malone's (Alabama) Regiment, Col. J. C. Malone, jr.
2d Georgia, Lieut. Col. F. M. Ison.
3d Georgia, Col. R. Thompson.
4th Georgia, Col. Isaac W. Avery.
Second Brigade.
Col. THOMAS HARRISON.
3d Confederate, Col. W. N. Estes.
3d Kentucky, Lieut. Col. J. W. Griffith.
4th Tennessee, Lieut. Col. Paul F. Anderson.
8th Texas, Lieut. Col. Gustave Cook.
11th Texas, Col. G. R. Reeves.
White's (Tennessee) Battery, Capt. B. F. White, jr.
MARTIN'S DIVISION.
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM T. MARTIN.
First Brigade.
Col. JOHN T. MORGAN.
1st Alabama, Lieut. Col. D. T. Blakey.
3d Alabama, Lieut. Col. T. H. Mauldin.
51st Alabama, Lieut. Col. M. L. Kirkpatrick.
8th Confederate, Lieut. Col. John S. Prather.
Second Brigade.
Col. A. A. RUSSELL.
4th Alabama (Russell's Regiment), Lieut. Col. J. M. Hambrick.
1st Confederate, Capt. C. H. Conner.
J. H. Wiggins' (Arkansas) Battery, Lieut. J.P. Bryant.

Report of BGen. ROBT. B. MITCHELL, USA [partial]

October 6.--I marched at daylight into Murfreesborough, where I halted the command to draw rations. General Crook moved on in pursuit at 9 a.m., his command having commenced drawing rations the evening previous, and as soon as the First Division had drawn rations, I followed with it, all moving on the Shelbyville pike.
On the road out I met parties of bridge guards whom Wheeler had captured on his route, but had not time or means to take along, as his movements were very precipitate.
The whole command was brought together 7 miles from Shelbyville, and bivouacked for the night, and scouts, sent out to find the direction the enemy had gone, returned without gaining any definite information.
October 7.--I moved forward to Shelbyville with Crook's command, leaving the First Division in camp until the direction and movements of the enemy were more fully ascertained. I found, before reaching Shelbyville, that the enemy had divided into three columns, one moving to the left to attack Wartrace, another moving on the direct road into Shelbyville, and the third turning to the right and going toward Unionville. I also learned that the party that went toward Wartrace had returned during the night and joined the main command.
I immediately sent Colonel McCook, commanding First Division of Cavalry, orders to strike off to the right, direct for Unionville, by the nearest practicable route, and started General Crook with his division and the mounted infantry on the Farmington road, that being the one the enemy had taken after sacking Shelbyville; the main body taking the Unionville road. As soon as his command had moved out, I returned, via the Shelbyville pike, and joined McCook's division near Unionville. I had ordered McCook to keep down the north side of Duck River, which he did, having, however, turned to the left after reaching Unionville, and after following the route the right-hand column of the enemy had taken, again turning to the right and moving directly down the river, thereby forcing one division of the enemy (which had, I think, originally intended to go to Columbia) back to the south side of the river.
At dark I crossed the division to the south side of the river for the purpose of procuring forage for the command, and bivouacked miles from Farmington and communicated with Crook at Farmington.
He had, during the day, been severely engaged with the enemy at Farmington, and with marked success; for the details of which I refer you to his report.
I neglected to mention that in the morning, while returning from Shelbyville to join the First Division, I found Colonel Minty's brigade still in camp, he claiming that he had had no orders to move out. I immediately ordered him to move at once and join his command, knowing that General Crook had intended and supposed he had marched, and that he was in his place with his command.
ROBT. B. MITCHELL,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.

V30-2, pp. 669/670