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

Page 666 KY., M. AND E.TENN.,N.ALA., AND SW.VA. Chapter XXVIII.

There was a regiment left at Bardstown. The other points below that, I think, were not occupied.

Question. How many of these men reported as on extra and special duty were there in the whole of the Army of the Ohio at that time?

There were about 4,000.

Question. What would be the whole number to be deducted from the line of battle owing to this item and the detachment at Bardstown?

I should say about 4,400.

By General TYLER:

Question. Do I understand you to say that there were 4,000 men engaged as wagoners and hospital nurses, belonging to the army, that could not have been brought into line of battle?

There were nine divisions, with three brigades each, each brigade having five regiments-one hundred and twenty-two regiments. There was one unattached division which had twelve regiments. The one hundred and thirty-four regiments with 30 men in each regiment would be 4,020; I put it at 4,000. Those men were not available as soldiers; they could not leave their teams, and their service as hospital nurses could not, of course, be dispensed with, and those engaged as clerks never left the trains.

Question. Then one hundred and thirty-four regiments embraced the whole of General Buell's command, including those at Cumberland Gap and everywhere else?

No, sir; it included the three corps and General Dumont's division.

General BUELL. I should like the witness to verify his statement in regard to the arrival of General Sill's division with reference to the time the army marched.

The PRESIDENT. There is no objection, general, to your asking the question.

By General BUELL:

Question. In reference to taking up the march after the battle of Perryville, when did General Sill's division join?

The day after, I think.

Question. Explain what date you understand the question to refer to. The question refers to the time when the army continued its movements after the rebel army, subsequent to the 9th of October.

I answered in reference to our own movements and the movements of our own headquarters.

Question. How long was it before the headquarters went to Harrodsburg that General Sill's division joined?

We started on the morning after the evening of his arrival. I am speaking now from memory, and have nothing by which I can recall the exact time. I am quite certain, now that I reflect, about its not being on the 10th, as we remained in camp one day after the battle of Perryville, on the 9th, and on the 10th we moved forward to a camp beyond Perryville, where General Sill overtook us. I think it was on the 11th that he arrived.

General Buell here introduced the deposition of Captain Morton, which was read before the Commission.

The JUDGE-ADVOCATE. As this closes the evidence for the defense, with the exception of Colonel Fry, I propose to-morrow morning to commence with such rebutting evidences as I have on hand and proceed to a close.

The Commission adjourned to meet on Tuesday, April 7, at 11 o'clock a.m.


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