Question. Do you know whether any information was sent regarding that fight in the afternoon by the signal corps?

None was received by me. The first information I ever received was through Lieutenant Fitzhugh.

Question. Do you know whether General Buell or any part of the army not immediately engaged did receive through the signal corps any information of that fight?

I do not know.

Question. Had we any higher respect or regard for the enemy after that fight than we had before?

I should think not.

Question. Was the attack there of such a nature as to throw us on the defensive?

It was not. General Buell made his dispositions to attack the enemy in the morning.

Question. Had the enemy attempted to hold Central Kentucky what position would he have selected and from whence would he have drawn his supplies?

If I had been places in his position and should have attempted to hold Central Kentucky I should have taken a position somewhere near Lexington, where I could have drawn all my supplies. Of course every one has his idea as to the proper position to hold any territory.

Question. The enemy then would have had to draw his supplies from the country around Lexington?

Yes, sir.

By General DANA:

Question. Besides the instance you have mentioned of the officers of a brigade signing a petition for the removal of their brigade commander, do you know of any other instance in the Army of the Ohio of a similar petition being signed for the removal of a division commander? And, if so, state the time and circumstance.

I merely know from report that such a petition was signed by the majority of the officers of the division. Some of the officers of rank in that division refused to sign it. The paper never came to me, although the petition was forwarded, and I believe returned to the officers.

Question. What division was that, and did any of the brigade commanders refuse to sign it?

It was then the Seventh Division of the Army of the Tennessee, now the First Division of the Army of the Ohio. One brigade commander I heard of who refused to sign it- Brigadier-General Schoepf.

Question. Had General Schoepf any conversation with you and did he state any reasons for refusing to sign this petition?

He did have some conversation with me upon the subject, and stated that he refused to sign it because he did not think there was any reason for signing it; and in addition to that he regarded it as an act of insubordination, to say the least, and might be construed into a combination. If they were dissatisfied they should prefer charges against the officers; and he would have nothing to do with it. I think that was the only time that the subject was mentioned, when General Schoepf told me what he had done and asked me if I had heard of this petition being sent in.

By General ORD:

Question. In the retreat of General Bragg's army, after the battle of Perryville, did the enemy's cavalry sufficiently outnumber ours to re-