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654 Series I Volume XVI-I Serial 22 - Morgan's First Kentucky Raid, Perryville Campaign Part I

Page 654 KY., M. AND E.TENN.,N.ALA., AND SW.VA. Chapter XXVIII.

Question. Had General Thomas' division arrived at Bowling Green when the army marched?

It had not arrived there when General Buell's headquarters moved on the morning of the 17th of September. I mean by that I do not know whether they had arrived when the rear of the army left there.

Question. On what day of the march did the headquarters leave Nashville?

On the 11th of September.

Question. Did any division of the army leave at that time?

I think that General McCook's and General Ammen's left on the same day. General McCook's, I am certain, marched on that day. We overtook it at Edgefield Junction.

Question. How many days was it, then, from the time that division left until it arrived at Munfordville?

I am not certain, but I think it was ten days.

Question. What is the distance from Nashville to Munfordville?

I think it is 80 miles, according to the map.

Question. Is that the map prepared for the information of the Commission?

It is the one the judge-advocate called my attention to as much. It is probable I made a mistake in running over the distances on the map. From the position in which it hangs on the wall, I am unable to see the distances marked distinctly. By Lloyd's map the distance is 94 miles.

Question. What was the strength with which the army marched from Louisville after the accession of the new regiments that we had there?

The army which marched on Perryville was about 58,000. I cannot give the exact numbers, as I have no official reports. No official reports were ever sent to headquarters at that time. Previous to our leaving Louisville I called upon the corps commanders and they in the same manner called upon their division commanders for returns of their strength, but no official returns were made on the forms furnished for that purpose. So that we only arrived at a proximate estimate of the entire strength. The information asked for was sent afterward by the corps commanders in the form of letters.

Question. Can you produce those letters?

They are probably at Nashville, in the office there. They were filed with other papers that were left in General Rosecrans' office.

Question. Does that include the division of General Sill?

No, sir.

Question. Does it include the division of General Dumont?

No, sir; as they did not march from Louisville with the army toward Perryville.

Question. What would be the strength of General Sill's division?

It was between 8,000 and 9,000 strong.

Question. Would that be an average of the strength of all the division of the army?

No, sir; the Second Division was the largest, unless it was General Dumont's division, which may have been a little larger than that, which was composed entirely of the new regiments, which were full.

Question. How many regiments were there in General Dumont's division?

Fifteen regiments, if I remember correctly.


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