General DANA. I do not see the use of reading all these dispatches. The colonel is not brought here to justify himself in the surrender of Munfordville. He was an officer acting under another general. He was not under the immediate command of General Buell, but under the command of General Wright. If the colonel has any testimony to give as to communications between himself and General Buell or Bearing on the movements of General Buell's army, so far it is proper to have the testimony introduced; but I see no use in entering on the record this volume of dispatches, which go to the rear.

The JUDGE-ADVOCATE. These dispatches are introduced to show the position of the enemy at the time General Buell was marching to or occupying Bowling Creen. I wish to show that General Buell had sufficient time to relieve Munfordville.

Dispatch Numbers 9.

MUNFORDVILLE, KY., September 15, 1862.

J. EDWARD STACY,

Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff, Louisville, Ky.:

SIR: I received the following dispatch this moment:

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY., September 13, 1862.

Colonel WILDER:

My men must be relieved immediately; their time is out and they will serve no longer and we can't make them. They will go if not relieve; they will not remain.

L. G. KNOX,

"Lieutenant-Colonel, Commanding Fifty-fourth IndianaJanuary

"I cannot relieve them from here. Scouts say that no forces have left Bowling Green for this place. Rebels were last night camped 2 miles this side of Glasgow, at Beaver Creek. Artillery ammunition has not come. My intrenchments will be completed to-day.

"I just learn that rebel pickets are at Woodland, on railroad, 8 miles south of here, in considerable force.

J. T. WILDER,

Colonel, Commanding at Green River.

On the 13th of September I learned that the rebels were with their plain force encamped on Beaver Creek, 2 or 3 miles north of Glasgow, with their line extending down to Cave City; also that a force of 2,000 were coming down on the north side of Green River, which proved afterward to be Scott's cavalry, of Kirby Smith's forces. On Saturday night, 13th of September, he summoned me to surrender. On Sunday morning before daylight they attacked me on the north side of the river; also by an infantry force on the south side, commanded by General Chalmers.

I repulsed them after about five hours' fighting, and that evening the 14th, I drove them back 3 or 4 miles in all directions around the town, and the next morning got up a telegraphic communication to Louisville again. On Sunday evening, after the fight I was re-enforced by 400 men, under Colonel Dunham, of the Fiftieth Indiana, who remained in command till Tuesday, the 16th, until about 5 o'clock in the evening, when he wa placed under arrest in order to report to General Gilbert. We had been fighting them nearly all day on Tuesday. Colonel Dunham had been summoned to surrender, and I was summoned to surrender on Tuesday evening by General Bragg. I refused to do so till I knew the force he had. We parleyed about the matter considerably, and finally they consented to let me see the batteries. I went out to examine their guns, and surrendered the whole force on Wednesday morning, the 17th. The reason why I wished to see their force was I believed they would have the major part of it to hold General Buell in check. I did not believe they had their whole force there to take me, although my information all the time was that they were coming up with their main force.

BY THE JUDGE-ADVOCATE:

Question. During that time, colonel, what efforts, if any, were made to communicate with General Buell?

I had railroad communication to Bowling Green till Friday noon. I then sent out scouts. I sent one scout on Saturday, 13th-Mr. Wash. Miller, and two or three others.