[CHAP. XXVIII.

Question. State, if you please, what was done to refit you again and with what result.

I sent 125 men, by orders from General Buell, to Pittsburg Landing after some horses, which were brought through to Huntsville; 155 horses, I think, was the number. Also, subsequent to that, I sent 200 to Nashville, by General Buell's orders, for horses there; upon their return most of the horses were unfit for service.

Question. State how your regiment was distributed during the summer and whether it was actively employed subsequent to the 1st of July.

Yes, sir. All the time "on the go" scouting. Part of the regiment was at Battle Creek, extending from Bridgeport and Stevenson to Battle Creek and through that section of the country. Four companies were there on active duty.

Question. How did you supply your regiment with forage?

We had to feed them on green corn.

Question. Was old forage to be found in any abundance?

No, sir; it was very scarce at that time.

Question. Do you know whether or not the army availed itself of the supplies of the country to as full an extent as it admitted?

I think they did, sir. We visited every farm-house in every directed to get forage, bacon, &c.

Question. Were you with the army in its movement in Kentucky in September? If so, please state what you know in regard to the movement of the train from Bowling Green to Louisville, the route it took, &c.

I was, sir. Colonel Zahm was detached in command of the Second Brigade, to take command of the train that went by way of Brownsville, Priceville, Millerstown, from there to Hayesville, Deep Spring, and from there to West Point. I did not go on that road; my duty was on the other road, to protect any approach to the train. I took the road to their right, with the First Brigade, to protect them on every cross-road from the rebel cavalry cutting it off, and went on to Elizabethtown. There I occupied the place, threatening every cross-road all the time during Colonel Zahm's march to West Point, and receiving daily reports three times a day as to the precise distance he had gone and whether he required any further assistance from the First Brigade. I did send him the Seventh Pennsylvania when there were reports of some rebel cavalry appearing on its flanks. Every road was also covered with scouting parties during the whole time the train in transitu. In addition to that we captured a whole regiment of cavalry, the Third Georgia. In the performance of that duty we felt the daily pickets on our right, with scouting parties toward Hodgensville, Boston, New Haven, and Bardstown.

Question. You do not pretend to describe the road accurately, then?

No, sir; I do not know that I could describe it accurately without having my own map here; I did not charge my memory with the names of the little towns I passed through.

Question. Were you in command of the cavalry division at that time?

Yes, sir.

Question. What time did your division leave Bowling Green and on what roads; in other words, what disposition was made of your division on the march from Bowling Green?

I do not remember the date exactly. The First Brigade went right on to the bridge over Green River to the right of Munfordville, and we went to Bacon Creek, on the Louisville and Nashville road, thence to Elizabethtown. The Second Brigade, as I just described, was in charge of the train toward West Point.

Question. Were you in advance with any portion of your command during the retreat of the rebel army out of Kentucky? If so, please state in what condition you found the country in regard to supplies of forage for your animals and what road you were on.

We were in the advance from Harrodsburg, Danville, Stanford, and Crab Orchard,