Question. Do you remember how you got this information?

From rumor, sir.

By General TYLER:

Question. General, I understand that you were born in the neighborhood where the battle of Perryville was fought and that you are acquainted with the section of country thoroughly. Suppose a vigorous advance had been made early on the morning of the 9th by General Buell's army upon General Bragg's force, would not obstacles of Dick's River render it almost impossible for Bragg to pass it under the circumstances?

I was born in that region of country and am pretty well acquainted with it. I cannot say that it would have been altogether prudent in the early part of the action to have made a vigorous attack upon General Bragg, as I understood that General Crittenden's corps had not yet gotten into position. After General Crittenden had gotten into position my opinion is that a vigorous attack ought to have been made and would have resulted in the route of Bragg's army; and that in the event of its being routed it would have been almost impossible for him to have succeeded in crossing Dick's River at the point at which I understood he had crossed. It is a rough, broken, bluffy country, and my impression is that the passage across the river at that point at which he crossed is very narrow. I mean if they victory had been followed up rapidly.

Question. At what time, general, was General Crittenden's division [corps] in position?

I think I heard General Crittenden himself say that he was in position somewhere in the middle of the day; between 10 and 12 o'clock on the day of the battle.

By General ORD:

Question. General, you stated that the divisions of General Gilbert's corps, as far as you know, were not mismanaged at the battle of Perryville; do you know whether the divisions of Crittenden's corps were mismanaged?

I remarked that the divisions of Generals Sheridan and Mitchell, of General Gilbert's corps, so far as I know or observed, were well managed. The First Division I thought was very badly managed, from the fact that it was kept lying still during the greater part of the day and while the heaviest portion of the fight was going on. I cannot say, for I do not know, whether General Crittenden's corps was badly managed or not. I understood that when that corps was in position General Thomas and General Crittenden were both very anxious to advance and engage the enemy, and they seemed to be satisfied with the position of that corps. General Crittenden expressed himself in my presence as being highly delighted with the position of his corps, and said that all he desired at that time was to be allowed to advance upon the enemy.

Question. What position did your division occupy in the corps relative to the corps of General McCook; about how far from it and in what direction?

During the greater part of the day my division was lying within a short distance of and in front of General Buell's headquarters, and I suppose it must have been 2 miles to the rear and to the right of General McCook's corps. I understand that in the evening General Steedman's brigade was ordered to the support of General McCook, but learned that it was not allowed to go into action. This I heard from General Steedman himself. I understood from General Steedman

that the battery connected with his brigade fired a few rounds.

Question. Do you know anything about the position of the enemy in front of General McCook's corps?

I know the ground pretty well, and from what I learned they occupied a pretty strong position, where they had the advantage in the ground.

Recross-examination by General BUELL:

Question. When the officers of the First Division called upon General Buell at Corinth was he their commander or in a position with