delay the movement of General Buell's troops to Stevenson of facilitate it?

I think, sir, it delayed it.

Question. What time did you arrive at Stevenson?

I never was there.

Question. What time did the troops arrive there and how near is that to Chattanooga?

I do not certainly know when Stevenson was first occupied by our troops. There were troops the, I am quite sure, about the end of June or the beginning of July. In round numbers I think Stevenson to be about 35 or 40 miles from Chattanooga.

Question. How long a time, general, would the moving of the Army of the Ohio from Corinth to Stevenson require, ignoring the road entirely, or in what time would you probably have reached there with the transportation you had when in use of the road?

I suppose it might have been done in from twenty to twenty-five days. I give a margin for difficulties and troubles. The Charleston and Memphis road was of no advantage in the movements and operations of the Army of the Ohio. The route I should have taken in moving from Corinth would then have moved eastward in the direction of Athens and Huntsville to Stevenson. That this is certainly the most direct route my recollection is, without being positively certain.

Question. Was General Buell's army ever within striking distance of Bragg before the rebel army crossed the Tennessee River?

I do not think the Army of the Ohio was ever concentrated in a position previous to the passage of Bragg's army across the Tennessee River to strike it.

Question. Do you think it was practicable to have concentrated the army at some point to have struck the rebel army at Chattanooga before it crossed the river?

In the early part of the month of July, when I got as far as Decatur and Huntsville, I considered it certainly within the range of the capability and power of the Army of the Ohio to have taken Chattanooga; moreover, I supposed the object of our movement in that direction was for that purpose. This was simply a deduction of my own from our movements. I did not obtain information from any one competent to give me exact information. It might have been possible at a later date, but from my own particular employment later in the summer I had not an opportunity of giving such attention to the subject as I previously had.

Question. Supposing within a week or ten days after the evacuation of Corinth by the enemy the Army of the Ohio had as rapidly as possible, considering the necessity of supplies and the transportation furnished that army, pushed on to Chattanooga by the route you have specified, what in your opinion would have been the result?

I think we could have taken Chattanooga.

Question. Have you ever been higher up the Tennessee River than Chattanooga?

I have never been quite so high as Chattanooga. Stevenson is the highest point to which I have been.

Question. From the information you obtained last summer, if Chattanooga could have been taken do you suppose it would have been practicable for the army to have continued on to Knoxville?

I do not think it would have been a practicable movement without a very considerable addition to the force of the Army of the Ohio. This will become apparent from the greatly increased line of communication we would have had to keep open and of course the greater exposure of our lines of communication to be out. At the same time the occupation of Chattanooga itself would have been very much of a protection to operations in East Tennessee.