Munfordville. I wish to know at what point it was expected that Bragg could get supplies for his army that he was then marching without.

I do not think he could have obtained supplies short of Bardstown, Lebanon, and through that region of country. Of course he could have obtained some supplies soon after reaching Kentucky; not I think to a very great extent.

Question. State, if you please, whether you were at the battle of Perryville; what you know of the number of the enemy, and of their movements on the night after the battle and the day subsequent.

I was at the battle of Perryville. I had no certain means of ascertaining the number of the enemy at Perryville during the fight. My only information was obtained from citizens living in and around the place. From that information I came to to the conclusion that Bragg and Kirby Smith formed a junction at Perryville, and Kirby Smith, with the whole or a portion of his army, was there. The day after the battle the evacuation took place, and they moved in the direction of Harrodsburg, as I learn, with the larger portion of their army. A portion of it, I learned, moved in the direction of Danville.

Question. State, if you please, whether you are acquainted with that region of country and how you came to a knowledge of it.

I am very well acquainted with that part of the country. I was born and raised within 8 miles of the place and have traveled a great deal over it.

Question. What was your position, general, on the day of the battle of Perryville and the day succeeding the battle; that is, what field were you in and what were you doing?

I was made the officer for the day of the center of the army the night previous to the battle. About 11 o'clock at night I passed out with one regiment of my brigade to the house of Mr. Jardine Peter. I there filed a regiment off to the left of the Springfield pike, and ordered them to take a position not far in the rear of the ridge upon which the battle commenced in the morning. General Gilbert, after some reflection, concluded to send a strong picket out. He ordered out colonel McCook with his brigade, from, I believe, General Sheridan's division. I directed Colonel McCook, with four regiments, I think, of his brigade, to take a position upon the right of the road and upon this ridge. I took one regiment from his brigade and placed it upon the left of the road and the left regiment which I had already stationed there. From the Tenth Indiana Regiment I directed one company to advance as near to the front as the officer might deem safe. They advanced a little beyond this ridge of which I have already spoken to a house situated on the west side of another ridge nearer the town. There they found the pickets of the enemy. A few shots were exchanged, and, according to the directions I had given, my pickets fell back out of reach of their guns in order to prevent any alarm. Colonel McCook, with his brigade, came upon the enemy just before day and had a considerable engagement, at least with the pickets. I immediately went out to where the two regiments were on the left and advanced them at least half a mile. I remained there some time watching the movements of the enemy, and felt satisfied from what I saw and from my knowledge of the position of the ground that just in front of me and to my left the enemy would make the most decided stand. In the course of an hour after I had advanced those two regiments two pieces of artillery, together with some two or three regiments of cavalry, came to this point. I inquired of Colonel Gay, who was in command of the cavalry, if there was any enemy just in front of that battery and of our forces. He said the enemy had taken their position, he believed, just on the point of the first ridge of the two of which I have spoken, and deemed it advisable that I should go there and drive them away. I followed his advice and succeeded in doing what he desired. The fight was still going on immediately to my right by General Sheridan's division. These two regiments remained there some time, but were finally ordered back; the Tenth Indiana to the rear to join its brigade, and the other, the Eighty-sixth Illinois, to join Colonel McCook. I was not in the fight after that during the day.

Question. What was the conduct of General Gilbert immediately previous to the fight, pending the fight, and subsequent to it?

General Gilbert's conduct toward me was generally courteous and polite. I had no reason to complain of him personally. I heard a great deal of complaint from subordinate officers in regard to his conduct toward the men. They spoke of it as being very unofficerlike and ungentlemanly. I, however, saw nothing of it myself. I saw very little of General Gilbert during the day of the fight. I cannot therefore say what part he took in the engagement.