tion against the same strength as the Army of the Ohio at that time?

I think I could have held it with 25,000 men.

By General SCHOEPF:

Question. Do you know the strength of General Buell's army at that time?

Its strength was about 50,000.

Question. Supposing General Buell had marched his army directly from Corinth to and occupied Chattanooga and Knoxville, with Cumberland Gap in our possession and East Tennessee loyal to the Union, what would have been the strategic and moral effect?

The occupancy of those positions by our troops would have been an advantage scarcely to be estimated.

Question. You stated in our reply that you could have held Chattanooga with 25,000 men; would not the remaining 25,000 men have been sufficient to defend Nashville?

Supposing General Grant's army to occupy positions then held by it and the positions already named taken by the troops of the Army of the Ohio. Nashville would have been in a very retired position and I think safe without any considerable garrison. The remainder of the troops of the Army of the Ohio would have been more than sufficient for that purpose.

Question. Please state to the Commission if you have received a military education; and, if so, where?

I am a graduate of the West Point Military Academy; served one year in the regular service, and have been in the volunteers service from almost the commencement of the present war.

By General TYLER:

Question. On what day did the advance of General Buell's army reach Bowling Green?

I do not know the precise day. I found one brigade of it at Bowling Green on my arrival there about the 10th of September.

Question. Can you not fix the exact date?

I cannot. I ordered my adjutant to keep an accurate journal of all our movements and so never treasured those dates in my own mind, and I have not access to that journal now and have not had since I was summoned before the Commission.

Question. Can you give the position of General Buell's army on the 17th of September, the day that Munfordville was capitulated?

No, sir; I cannot.

Question. Can you give the position of some parts of it, those about Bowling Green for example?

I cannot on that precise day; as I said before, I do not treasure those dates in my mind.

Question. How long did General Buell's army remain at Bowling Green from the time its advance arrived there until a forward movements was made?

From the time that the first detached brigade reached Bowling Green to the time that the advance of the whole army moved from that point I should think was about ten days, though the places was held by this detached brigade for several days before the arrival of any of the rest of the troops. There was scarcely any delay at Bowling Green after the main body of the army came up. That delay was under stood to have been caused in order to await the arrival of the troops in our read