Question. How long would it take to rebuild that bridge?

With natural advantages, I should think it could be rebuilt in twelve days.

Question. Was it not actually rebuilt in less time?

I can't say positively as to that; I cannot answer that question.

Question. Would you have considered the object of the post at Munfordsville of sufficient importance for a small garrison to attempt to hold it against a large army, under the circumstances, at the time?

Under the present circumstances I would not. No,sir; I would not.

Question. Supposing that I had had knowledge at the very moment of the crossing of the Cumberland River by the rebel army, would it have been possible for my army to have reached Glasgow as soon as the rebel army?

No, sir, it would not; not with a force sufficient to fight that army. No, sir, you could not have reached Glasgow.

Question. How much time do you suppose would have been lost in getting information of that movement after the enemy had crossed?

Well, sir, I could not give an estimate as to that. I can say that the first positive information that I had was from a note from General Wood at Edgefield Junction, on the morning General Buell arrived there, and this information was confirmed by a trusty preacher at Tyree Springs. I cannot fix the dates.

Question. When did you march for Bowling Green after that information was received?

I was ordered to march on the next morning at daylight, and I got off at 6 o'clock a.m. and made a long march; the delay was caused by General Buell changing my order of march. He required me then to place all my troops in front of my baggage trains and to be prepared for battle at any moment.

Question. Was it to be supposed that an army crossing the river at Carthage and designing to invade Kentucky might aim to strike first at Bowling Green?

Bowling Green was the first objective of the enemy when I left Nashville, and I had a conversation with General Buell on that subject, either in his quarters or on the road, in which he expressed a fear that they would get there in advance of him. My impression was that there was a million of rations stored there for our army and I was marching there to get my part of them, and if General Buell had not had Wood's and Rousseau's division there I believe the enemy would have gone in and taken possession of the fortifications.

Question. What was the immediate object when the army marched from Bowling Green?

To attack the enemy at Glasgow.

Question. Were the troops marched by certain roads with a view to that attack?

Yes, sir,they were; Rousseau's column was turned off to the right; I was furnished with a map and my route defined.

Question. When was it known at headquarters or in the army that the enemy had left Glasgow?

I first was satisfied of the fact at Dripping Springs, at the end of the first day's march.

Question. Where did you march the next day after the march to Dripping Springs?

The next day I marched to Prewitt's Knob.