rapidly approaching them. To screen my family from danger I asked General Bragg to let me know if there would be a general fight. On one or two occasions he said there would not, that General Buell was not coming that way.

Question. Did General Bragg appear anxious to avoid a fight at that place?

I thought that his movements indicated some trouble upon his mind; he was quite restless.

Question. Your estimate of the strength of the regiment was based upon your own observation, was it not?

Yes, sir. I did not count any of the regiments, but having counted many of our own regiments enabled me to form an estimate of what theirs was. I could not pretend to say that I saw all of them coming into town, but I saw a great many; I also saw some of them drilling. I made the remark to one of the most prominent southern-rights brethren in the place that I estimated his force to be about 24,000. He told me that I had overestimated it; that it was about 22,000.

Question. Was this estimate of yours based upon the information you have stated in the course of your testimony?

My estimate was based upon what I saw and upon what I heard.

Question. Do you know anything of the organization of General Bragg's army?

I heard a great deal, but know nothing positively. The discipline of the army seemed to be very fine-great diligence; there seemed to be no idle officers at all; they all seemed to be very busily engaged. They all demeaned themselves very well and the order seemed to be very strict.

Question. Did they have many wagons?

I do not think they had for the number of men; nothing to compare to the number we used in our regiments. Their wagons were of a character that would not attract attention like ours, all being small, light two-horse wagons, though frequently drawn by four or six mules. Some were with covers; others with none, or mere sheets thrown over them.

Question. Was this Colonel Shultz an officer of General Bragg's staff?

He was represented as such. He came to me with some major to procure headquarters for General Bragg, saying he was on General Bragg's staff, and he was there with him all the while and seemed to superintend everything. I think his name was Shultz, but I may be mistaken. He told me he was from New Orleans and had been a cotton-broker. He must have lived there or he could not have answered many questions I put to him.

Question. Were the circumstances of your communication with each other such as to impose upon Colonel Schultz the obligation to state to you accurately the force under General Bragg, or to give you to right to expect he had stated it accurately?

I would suppose that none in the army would hold themselves under any obligation to tell me anything correctly, they all knowing I was a Union man and against them. Those who did not ask me my politics I told, lest they might be mistaken. I asked Colonel Schultz directly what was the strength of General Bragg's army. He told me sixty regiments. I did not press the question further. General Bragg told me that he would not consider it more than a breakfast spell to take General Buell's army, if he would attack him, and that his army could eat Buell's up alive.

Question. Is there a good turnpike road leading from Glasgow to Bardstown, crossing Green River east of Munfordville?

There is a turnpike road running from Glasgow to Bardstown, and thence on to Louisville, crossing Green River 10 miles above Munfordville.

Question. Is, then, the position at Munfordville any obstacle to the advance of an army from Glasgow in the direction of Louisville?

I regard the position at Munfordville as being a natural fortification and a very strong position, yet it is very much out of the way to go to Bardstown from Glasgow.