whether such information was ever started to him or not I do not know; and still I thought he did mean to censure somebody. It was a mere inference of mine from the fact that he told me he had not received this information until I suppose the most disastrous part of the battle was over.

Question. From the impression made upon your mind immediately after that conversation who, in your opinion, was censurable for that neglect?

I cannot say that in my opinion any one was censurable. I do not know the facts. Everything might have been done to give such information that a prudent man could do. I have no facts which would enable me to say that any one was censurable for neglect.

Question. Do you know of the existence in the army of the Ohio among colonels and general officers of such a feeling as would amount to a general belief as to who the person or persons are who were to be censured for the neglect?

I do not know, sir. As far as I know the opinions in the army have been as various almost as the officers on the subject. I scarcely know a man of any prominence in the army upon whom I have not heard censure cast for that fight. I know of no general opinion in the army attaching even the principal blame to any individual.

Question. How long after the battle did you become convinced that Bragg had retreated by way of Harrodsburg to Camp Dick Robinson?

I am somewhat in doubt as to the date when we moved from Perryville or when I knew that Bragg had moved to Camp Dick Robinson. I did not know it until one of my brigades had gone to Harrodsburg. After the battle, I think next day, my opinion was that Kirby Smith was in line of battle with his command near to Harrodsburg and on the Harrsodsburg and Perryville road some mile or two outside of Harrodsburg.

Question. The question is intended to ascertain how long a time elapsed after the battle before you became convinced in your mind that Bragg's strategic operations had degenerated into a decided retreat by that particular route?

I saw the object of the question and stated my difficulty about the date as my reason for not being able to give a very satisfactory answer. The time when I first knew he was gone I can only fix by ascertaining the day on which I sent a brigade to Harrodsburg. It was then I first learned that the rebels had retreated from Harrodsburg in the direction of Camp Dick Robinson. I think it could not have occurred sooner than the 11th; it might have been the 12th. I am quite sure it was not later that my brigade went to Harrodsburg.

Question. Do you know why you did not know this before?

I do not know why I did not have the information earlier. I suppose it was because we had had a very severe battle. It was not considered at that time the victory that it has since been denominated. The general impression in my part of the command was that we had suffered a considerable disaster. The fact that Kirby Smith had reached Harrodsburg and the impression that Bragg had received re-enforcements was that we should have another battle. The general confusion, too, that ensues in any army after a battle made some delay necessary. I suppose that these were the reasons why we did not advance at once upon Harrodsburg and ascertain whether the rebels were flying or not; but this is my supposition only.

Question. Why did not the Army of the Ohio go right after General Bragg as soon as he left Perryville?

It was nearly night when Bragg left Perryville. I suppose night would have stopped us from any immediate pursuit, and suppose we did not follow up to Harrodsburg on the next day for the reasons that I have just stated. Kirby Smith was said to be in line of battle at Harrodsburg, and I suppose the commanding general thought it important to rest his army after the battle, and see what its condition really was before he advanced upon this army, which at that time was believed to have inflicted a disaster upon us and not to have been defeated. When it had been re-enforced by the army under General Kirby Smith he was only some 6 or 8 miles in front of us.