Question. Does not that tract of country from Chattanooga to Atlanta embrace the whole land ceded by the Cherokees to the State of Georgia and is it not considered the most productive part of the whole State, and in fact the granary from which the lower counties obtain their corn, wheat, pork, and other agricultural supplies for the support of their people?

I know nothing of that grant nor do I know anything of the country lying off the line of the railroad already mentioned from personal observation. I know I saw no fertile territory on the whole line, except perhaps a very limited region in the immediate vicinity of Atlanta.

Question. What is the distance from Chattanooga to the entrance to the Sequatchie Valley?

I should judge about 30 to 40 miles; I am not positive.

General BUELL. I would suggest that the record be not loaded with inaccurate information; if that information is needed it can be obtained; and for that purpose I would suggest that the witness' answers be confined to what he knows.

The JUDGE-ADVOCATE. That is just what I wished.

Question. To what extent did General Mitchel exhaust the supplies in the neighborhood of Stevenson and what kind of supplies were the inhabitants of Huntsville destitute of?

I cannot say to what precise extent General Mitchel's troops had exhausted the supplies of the country. The supplies which the inhabitants of Huntsville were destitute of were breadstuffs in particular. I do not think they lacked meat.

Question. While you were in command at Huntsville did you or did you not derive any supplies from the surrounding country?

We derived supplies of forage; not of provisions.

Question. Did you attempt to collect any provisions from the country; and, if so, in what manner?

I transmitted orders to the commanding officer under me, in obedience to instructions from General Buell, to collect supplies. At the post at Huntsville I collected none in the way of provisions; the commanding officer referred to succeeded in getting but little.

Question. At what point did you obtain the 1,200 barrels of fluor you spoke of in your testimony?

One thousand barrels at Manchester and about 200 at McQuiddy's Mill, near Tullahoma.

Question. What were the circumstances attending the offer of those thousand barrels to you and how came so much to be collected there?

There was a fine mill near Manchester, owned by Mr. Huggins, at which I understood the fluor had been manufactured. This Mr. Huggins came to me while I was in command at Tullahoma, accompanied by a staunch Union man, Mr. Rathbone, of Manchester, and tendered the fluor for the use of the Government, stating that he feared it would be disturbed or taken away by the rebels. I immediately telegraphed to Major Darr, chief of the commissary department, and asked if I should purchase the fluor. He replied that I should, and the fluor was accordingly taken in accordance with these instructions, and an order received about the same time to collect all the supplies within our reach.

Question. Did you know that that quantity of fluor was at the mill before it was offered to you by the owner?

No, sir; I did not.

Question. General, do you not believe from this fact of 1,000 barrels of fluor having been offered to you that if proper exertions had been