fantry force would have been somewhere in the neighborhood of 35,000 men. This estimate might be slightly under of slightly the actual number.

Question. With what we know now of the strength of the rebel army, would it have been judicious or not to attack it without necessity with a less force than when an additional force was coming up?

No, sir; it would not.

Question. Do you know when the rebel army marched from Glasgow?

From the information I received at the time of the movement from Bowling Green to Munfordville, the advance of the main rebel army left Glasgow on Monday, the 15th of September, and by Wednesday morning, the 17th, there was no rebel force at Glasgow. There might have been a few stragglers. Such was the information I received on the afternoon of the 17th of September from persons who represented themselves as citizens of Glasgow.

Question. Where was the rebel army supposed to be when the Army of the Ohio marched from Bowling Green?

The bulk of it was believed to be at Glasgow, and I think it was known that there was a brigade or more at Bell's or Glasgow to Bowling Green, of which there were two or three. Such was my impression, and I know more of the country and its topography than any other officer in the Army of the Ohio.

Question. Do you know whether it was a matter of newspaper information that a portion of Kirby Smith's force had been at Lebanon, and was it reported at Bowling Green that force had moved toward Munfordville?

There were reports in the newspapers at that time that a force estimated at about 4,000 had been at Lebanon, and it was intimated that it belonged to a part of Kirby Smiths' force; it was furthermore reported at Bowling Green, when the first attack was made on Munfordville, on Sunday, the 14th, that a part of Kirby Smith's or the force that was reported to be at Lebanon was concerned in to. The true facts of the case did not come out till two or three days afterward, when it became known that it was Chalmers' brigade that made the attack on Sunday.

Question. Was there even then any contradiction of the report that this portion of Kirby Smith's force was there?

No sir; there was not.

Question. Was the report probable?

I cannot say it was, but I can say distinctly that there was no impossibility in it, and perhaps no improbability. There was nothing in the nature of the country or in the positions that could have prevented it. The country form the Kentucky River to Glasgow at that time was open to the movements of the rebel troops.

Question. Do you know with what immediate purpose my army marched from Bowling Green?

I believe I do, sir. I think I got it from the commanding general of the Army of the Ohio himself. It was with the intention of attacking General Bragg at Glasgow. Such at least was my understanding of it, and certainly I marched with my division from Bowling Green with that understanding. I talked with General Buell more than once upon that subject, and I think I knew his views. I remember distinctly that I gave it as my opinion that it would be a safe operation for us. I may be mistaken, but that is my recollection. The manner in which the army moved and the roads on which they moved all indicate the t independently of any other information. Of course we all understood that information derived after leaving after leaving Bowling Green might change or modify the plan of operations. The army commenced to move from Bowling Green in the afternoon of Tuesday, the 16th of September, and my own division moved at 3 o'clock.

Question. How long were you precisely in marching from Bowling Green to Munfordville?

My division marched from Bowling Green Tuesday, the 16th of September. My