Here the court desired the witness to produce the parole, to which the witness assented.

The day following the colonel produced the parole.

Copy of the parole.

HDQRS. ARMY OF THE MISS., Harrodsburg, Oct. 9, 1862.

I, Wm. H. Lytle, Army of the United States, having been taken prisoner by the Confederate States Army and this day paroled, whereof this is witness, do swear that I will not bear arms against the Confederate States, nor will I in any way aid or abet its enemies, until I am regularly exchanged, under the penalty of death; nor will I disclose anything that I have seen or heard in said Confederate States Army to its prejudice.

WM. H. LYTLE,
Colonel, Commanding Seventeenth Brigade, Third Division.

Sworn to and subscribed before me October 9, 1862.

SAM'L K. HAYS,

Major, C. S. Army.

The Commission adjourned to meet December 4, at 10 o'clock a.m.

CINCINNATI, December 4, 1862-10 a.m.

Examination of Colonel W. H. LYTLE continued.

Cross-examination by General BUELL:

Question. On leaving Huntsville did you receive orders to proceed directly to Nashville?

I did not. I received orders to proceed to Murfreesborough by way of Fayetteville and Shellbyville, my orders being to reach in four days.

Question. When did your division leave Nashville on the march toward Kentucky?

My brigade left its camp near Edgefield and joined the main column.

September 7, 1862, halted at Gee's Tavern.

September 8, marched to Tyree Springs.

September 9, marched to Sharp's Branch, near Franklin.

September 10, marched to Cave or Sinking Springs, near Bowling Green.

September 11, marched to Bowling Green.

September 16, march late; camp 3 miles from Barren River.

September 17, bivouac near Dripping Springs, 9 miles from Glasgow.

September 18, to Prewitt's Knob.

September 19, to Horse Well.

September 21, to point 3 miles from Munfordville.

September 22, march late; camp at Munfordville.

September 23, to Nolin.

September 24, Burlington (or Bloomington).

September 25, cross Salt River; halt; at 2 march resumed.

September 26, marched to Louisville.

Question. Do you know what the orders were under which your division marched?

I do not.

Question. Do you know what its immediate destination was?

I do not.

Question. Did you know any circumstance which made it necessary for it to reach any particular place at any given time?

I was not personally informed of any.

Question. Did any division leave Nashville in advance of it?

I do not recollect.