Question. Did you give these scouts or messengers any official information for General Buell, or did they bear about any proofs by which General Buell could recognize them as messengers from you?

I gave them no official communication, nothing but verbal ones, but sent the men I knew could prove beyond doubt their reliability. I knew they had to pass the enemy's lines and would be thoroughly searched if taken, and I did not wish to inform the enemy of my position at Munfordville.

Question. Did these men, when they left your camp, know that you were in danger of surrendering to the enemy, and did they know that you were not to be relieved from the rear?

Neither did they know it nor I.

Question. Have you any reason to suppose that these men gave assurances to General Buell that you garrison would not receive relief from Louisville or from your rear?

I do not think they did, as they had no directions to do so. I myself had no doubt, after informing my superior officers of the state of things, that I would be taken care of some way; to the last I believed I would be re-enforced.

Question. Have you any reason to believe that General Buell clearly understood, prior to your surrendering, that you would not receive relief from your rear?

I had no means of knowing what General Buell's opinion of the matter was; I really did not know myself what I might expect, but was confident I should get relief from some source.

By the PRESIDENT:

Question. What time did you receive this dispatch which you have before referred to as coming from General Gilbert, telling you you would be aided or assisted from Bowling Green?

I think it was on the 12th September.

Question. How did you construe that dispatch; what meaning did you give it?

I supposed from that dispatch that General Buell's army would come to relieve me before Bragg could get there.

By General DANA:

Question. Did you ever send to General Buell or in the direction of General Buell an intimation that you had ever received such a dispatch as that?

I do not remember. I think I told Mr. Miller of it, that I had expected relief from Bowling Green. At the time I sent the rebels were in force between Munfordville and Bowling Green. I could not expect relief from Bowling Green except the rebels were driven out first.

Question. Do you now distinctly remember whether you gave Mr. Miller special instructions to inform General Buell that you had received an intimation from Louisville that he was expected to relieve you at Munfordville?

I do not remember that I did. I supposed, as a matter of course, that General Gilbert had information from General Buell that I had not, and was puzzle to know why he had not informed me more fully.

Question. Have you reason now to suppose that General Buell at that time knew that if he did not relieve you at Munfordville you could get no relief from your rear and would therefore be obliged to surrender?

I do not know.

Question. Do you or do you not now believe that the reason for your