I do not know of my own knowledge, but from reports I have an opinion that the junction was made at or near Harrodsburg.

Question. How long after that engagement was it that the junction was made?

My impression is that, if made at all, it was made the next day.

Question. You can state, general, whether Major-General Buell enjoyed the confidence of his officers and men during the operations of the army under his command in Tennessee and Kentucky after he took up the line of march after Bragg?

That is a very difficult question. I will state, however, that I think until about the time the army was ordered back to Nashville that no officer ever enjoyed to a more eminent degree the confidence of his officers and soldiers than General Buell. I know very well that I was proud to state that I belonged to Buell's army; but from the time the retrograde movement was commenced I am compelled to say I think the confidence in General Buell began to wane in the army; whether just or unjust, there was a great lack of confidence in him during the march from Nashville to Louisville. I have heard a great deal of murmuring among officers and men. The impression became general, so far as my opportunities for knowing the sentiments of the army enabled me to judge that General Buell did not want to fight Bragg; that he was unwilling to risk an engagement, while the men, the officers,and troops generally were anxious to fight, conscious of our ability to whip Bragg's army at any placed at which we could catch up with it to engage it. I might add that there was a great deal of dissatisfaction manifested at Cave City. I heard more there than at any other point on the march. There were more troops there than at any other point. The army was tolerably well massed there, and we halted there between forty and fifty hours, I think, while the feeling in the army was very strong that we ought to advance and attack the enemy. What the halt was for I am unable to state.

Question. Have you stated, as far as you know, the origin of the lack of confidence? Did it not originate from forced marches and half rations given to the soldiers?

I have stated that my opinion was that the lack of confidence resulted from a feeling in the army, whether just or unjust, that General Buell did not with his army to fight Bragg. I heard no complaint against General Beull on account of the severity of the marches or the scarcity of rations. The feeling in the army was strong that our mission to Mississippi and Alabama was a failure; that very little had been accomplished; that we were obliged to go back and do the work over again. And I heard officers higher in position than myself express the opinion that we ought to check Bragg's army between McMinnville and Pikeville; that we ought at once to advance upon him; that General Beull ought to throw his whole force upon Bragg and prevent his going to Kentucky at all. My judgment is that the only feeling against General Buell originated in his failure to bring on an engagement between Bragg's forces and his own at some point in Tennessee.

Question. How far was that feeling affected by General Buell's failing to review and appear frequently among his troops?

I never heard any complaint of General Buell's failing to appear among his troops. There was a little feeling in the army, that he was rather too exclusive; that he did not avail himself of the judgment and experience of the officers in the field who commanded his troops quite as much as he should. I have heard that feeling frequently expressed, but I never heard a complaint against him for not reviewing his troops. After the battle of Shiloh, when my command was marching, General Buell passed it, and without any officer having anything to do with it, the men recognized him and raised a shout as he passed. It was very difficult then to suppress cheers as General Buell passed the men. I know he was very popular at that time in my command.

Question. What were the manifestations, after the army was withdrawn toward Nashville, when General Buell made his appearance among troops.

I cannot state beyond my command. I never saw any manifestations in my command of enthusiasm when General Buell appeared. After the commencement of the retrograde movement I will state in plain terms that the was decidedly unpopular.

Question. You have mentioned, general, that several superior officers