at 33,000. That is my remembrance of it, which from that time led me to believe that my estimate was pretty correct.

Question. State, if you please, whether you were at the battle of Perryville, and what you know of the movements of the enemy subsequent to that fight.

Our division arrived about 4 o'clock on the day of the fight at Perryville. The evening before we went over what is called Rolling Fork, about 12 miles from Perryville. Although our division had orders early in the morning, we did not move until about 11; arrived about 4 the day of the Perryville fight. We took position on the right of Gilbert's force. That evening there was some little skirmishing, but very unimportant. We advanced about half a mile and bivouacked for the night. We advanced about half a mile and bivouacked for the night. We were on the left of Crittenden, on the right of Gilbert, and about opposite to Perryville, and from appearances on the night of the fight we were at the extreme left of the enemy. They were trying when we came up to flank General Gilbert, which indicated that was the extreme left. I saw no other troops farther left than about opposite Crittenden's right. The next morning, however, it appeared that they had moved somewhat had to the left from where they were the night before.

At daylight next morning we advanced a few rods, more led by curiosity than by anything else, and, as I understood, without orders, to where we could overlook the town and somewhat overlook the position of the enemy. After daylight I saw then putting a battery into position a little to the right and the rear of Perryville; I also saw a considerable quantity of cavalry and infantry. I saw but one battery of artillery in the morning belonging to the enemy. When Wagner opened his battery they were driven from that point. That was the last seen of the artillery. The sun was half an hour high when we first saw the enemy moving off. They had evidently been moving previously. They continued to move for an hour and a half or two hours from the time I first saw them, perhaps longer. The cavalry moved across the field back of the town, which caused both parties to be moving off at the same time. The cavalry continued to pass till after the infantry had all gone and were passing when we left. There was a large body of them; they came out of the ravine and gully and passed over the ridge; could see them for perhaps a mile from the position we occupied on the eminence at the back of Perryville. They seemed moving off in the direction of Harrodsburg. They were moving with baggage trains, infantry, and cavalry. Of artillery I only saw one battery. I went down in person to where the enemy had previously planted a battery, and I was within 80 rods of the enemy; could see very distinctly; could distinguish countenances with a glass. I think they were passing off by their right till about 10 or 11 o'clock, when we fell back from the position we occupied perhaps 1 1/2 or 2 miles to the rear and right, which took us out of sight. When we left the enemy were still moving off with the majority of their cavalry. I think I saw 3,000 infantry and a large force of cavalry. They were passing off, not rapidly, but moderately; no disorder about it. We fell back a little between 10 and 11 o'clock by orders of General Wood. Captain Lennard came and gave orders for the whole of Wood's division to fall back and retire to the right and rear of their position. We lay there till about 2, when we passed through Perryville, and went to the spring below and remained there for the night.

Question. State whether you reported the information you gained from observation to your superior officers.

I reported immediately to the brigade commander, Colonel Harker, and it is my impression that he sent an orderly to General Wood, but I have no recollection of that particularly.

Cross-examination by General BUELL:

Question. You have been about the impatience of the troops of your division at Bowling Green; what were they impatient to do, colonel?

They were very anxious to move on and relieve the Munfordville force. In fact there had been a general impatience at not being allowed to attack the enemy. It amounted almost to indignation, among both officers and men, at that time more particularly. The impatience had extended from the time we moved up with General McCook toward Chattanooga or about Jasper. We then fell back and came over the mountain,and from this point there had been more or less impatience expressed all the way through. But from the time we left Gallatin there was a decided impatience in moving away from the enemy and allowing them to move along on the line partially of our own march without attacking them. From the time we left Gallatin to when we arrived at Bowling Green it increased very much. We knew that