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272 Series I Volume XVI-I Serial 22 - Morgan's First Kentucky Raid, Perryville Campaign Part I

Page 272 KY.,M. AND E. TENN.,N. ALA.,AND SW. VA. Chapter XXVIII.

Question. Did you discover any indication that the enemy designed to retreat from Camp Dick Robinson?

None at all that I could discover; no one told me anything about it.

Question. What time did you return to camp to your division?

The same day, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

Question. When did you report to General Crittenden?

I reported immediately afterward, in company with General Smith, commander of the division.

Question. Do you know where the headquarters of the army were at that time?

I do not know positively. I was never at the general headquarters.

Cross-examination by the JUDGE-ADVOCATE:

Question. That movement was made on the 11th, you say; what time did the army moved afterward?

The entire army moved on the 13th and 14th. Our division, and I think our entire corps, moved next day.

Question. How far did you march next day and where did you encamp?

We marched to the vicinity of Dick's River and turned to the vicinity of Danville, upon the Danville and Harrodsburg pike, and encamped there, a distance of 10 or 12 miles.

Question. Do you recollect whether it was on the Nicholasville road or not from Danville?

We marched across the country.

Question. At the time you entered Danville in that reconnaissance did you learn the number of the enemy?

Not positively. I have the same means that we always had-that is, reports and rumors-giving the number of the enemy from 40,000 to 100,000.

Question. After returning from Dick's River how long did you remain in camp before you moved again?

We moved a short distance the next day; the second day the army marched all day in the direction of Crab Orchard; that was on the 14th of October.

Question. Do you know what stores or other property the rebels destroyed at Camp Dick Robinson or do you know if they destroyed anything at all?

I know nothing of it.

Question. When did you learn that the enemy did not make a stay at Camp Dick Robinson?

I think the day after was the first on which I believed they had not made a stand there, but I had no positive information about it at all.

Question. The day you marched to Dick's River did you see anything of them at all?

We saw a few pickets, who fired upon the right flank of our skirmishers; that was all.

By General TYLER:

Question. Did you know the location of Camp Dick Robinson, and what part of the camp did the bulk of Bragg's army occupy?

I never was at Camp Dick Robinson, and know nothing in regard to the position of Bragg's army.


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