trestle work at Normandy; I do not know the amount of repairs made there without reference to the record; the to Duck River and Elk River. When this work was finished the road was opened to Stevenson. The work at Elk River was finished on the 12th July. The force was then ordered to the McMinnville road, but before much repairs were done were recalled to rebuild bridges in the neighborhood of Murfreesborough, which were burned on the 13th and 14th of July by a force said to be under Forrest. I should have stated that no train was gotten through on the Chattanooga road previous to the burning of these bridges at Murfreesborough. The train advanced as far as Murfreesborough and was stopped by an engagement.

During the following week the bridges over Mill Creek were damaged, not entirely destroyed; they were rebuilt and the road opened July 24. From that date up to the 13th of August the Nashville and Chattanooga road was opened to Stevenson. There were further repairs made on the Nashville and Decatur road in order to bring away trains that were stopped between two destroyed bridges. This work was done about the close of August. That is about all the work we did in Middle Tennessee. Between the completion of the line through to Stevenson and the reconstruction of the bridges on the Decatur road, the McMinnville road was completed and put in operation.

Question. Was this work done under the authority of the commander of the Army of the Ohio?

It was.

Question. After the roads were opened were supplies pushed forward to Stevenson and other towns as rapidly as possible, for the use of the army?

They were.

Question. Was the work performed with industry and energy?

It was.

Question. Was three any delay that was avoidable?

None at all, I think.

Question. Was the work performed under your direction separate from that which was performed under the direction or the supervision of military officers, by engineer and other troops?

The work performed under my supervision was entirely distinct from that done by the military. I sent to the bridge at Harpeth River, near Franklin, the first party of carpenters who arrived, who worked on that bridge under the direction of General Smith; then they returned to me. All other work done by my party was independent of military officers and engineers.

Question. At what date were the repairs on the McMinnville road completed?

I think the first train reached McMinnville on the 23rd of August.

Question. Did you perform any work on the Louisville and Nashville road?

I did.

Question. Explain what it was, and, as far as you know them, the circumstances which made it necessary.

On or about the 12th of August the bridge over Station Camp Creek, south of Gallatin, was destroyed by the enemy. I sent a portion of my force, who commenced the reconstruction of that bridge, but were driven away. Within the next few days the long bridge at Saundersville the bridge at Pilot Knob, and the bridge at Manscoe Creek were destroyed. My force rebuilt the bridge at Saundersville with the exception of the track, and prepared the material of Station Camp Bridge. Either before or after the works and Saundersville they repaired the bridge partially burned over Red River, on the Edgefield and Kentucky road, connecting the Louisville and Nashville road (main stem) with the Memphis Branch of that road at the State line. That, I think, was all the work done previous to the army leaving Nashville northward.

Question. Do you know whether energetic efforts were used to get