Question. What was his actual condition as to supplies?

He had no more than three days' provisions; he had not more than three wagons to every brigade; that is, for supplies.

Question. With the quantity of supplies with which he crossed the Tennessee and with the train of artillery and baggage he had with his army was it or was it not at his option, with equal chances, to go down into the plains of Tennessee by the different cross-roads you have described in the vicinity of Altamont or to go to Sparta?

No, sir; there was not a sufficiency of forage between Altamont and McMinnville to feed his cavalry one meal.

Question. Do you consider, then, that he was compelled on account of lack of supplies to go by the road to Sparta?

Yes, sir.

Question. And that he could not go by the Anderson or Therman road or by any other cross-road down into the plains of Tennessee?

He could not go with the supplies he had with him. He would have had sufficient supplies to maintain him three or four days.

Question. Was it known at the time that Bragg was in the Sequatchie Valley that the lack of supplies under which he was suffering prevented him from going by any other road than the Sparta road?

I am unable to say, sir.

Question. At the time that the Army of the Ohio occupied its position in the vicinity of Altamont and McMinnville by which road did you expect Bragg to come into the plains of Tennessee?

By the Alexandria road the Lebanon by the way to Dunlap. That opinion I did not form until I knew he was ascending the mountain. When he was in the Sequatchie Valley I was unable to tell where he would ascend the mountain, but presumed he would go to Pikeville or Sparta.

Question. At the time you entertained the opinion that he would come out by the road to Dunlap with what portion of the Army of the Ohio were you stationed?

I was at Columbia with 110 [?] men. There was one brigade extending along the railroad to the Tennessee River; another portion of General Buell's command was on the line of the Chattanooga and Nashville road to Nashville. There was a portion of General McCook's command near Altamont, so I understood; but I was not fully aware of the disposition of the forces of General Buell on that line.

Question. What was the programme Governor Harris laid down for Bragg's operations?

It was intended that Bragg should concentrate his forces at Chattanooga, and march by way of Sparta, thus turning General Buell's left, retake Nashville, compel General Buell's army to fall back and cross the Tennessee, while the forces north of the Cumberland should be compelled to fall back to Louisville, thus obtaining possession of the railroad north of Bowling Green to Huntsville. Governor Harris was so well satisfied that that plan would succeed that he had urged appropriations in the Confederate Congress to establish defenses on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers.

Question. Was this programme of Governor Harris generally understood at that time among the officers of high rank in the Army of the Ohio?

No, sir.

Question. At the time General McCook lay at Altamont and General Thomas at McMinnville where was it generally expected among officers of high rank in the Army of the Ohio that Bragg would debouch from the Sequatchie Valley into the plains of Tennessee and by what road?

I am unable to say, because I had no consultation with them at the time. My