36. From E. M. Stanton to Major-General McDowell, dated Washington, June 12, 1862.

37. From Major-General Shields to Colonel

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, dated June 12, 1862----Columbia Bridge 9 a. m.

38. From Ed. Schriver, colonel and chief of staff, to Honorable E. M. Stanton, dated Headquarters Department, Manassas, June 12, 1862.

39. From Ed. Schriver, colonel and chief of staff, to Major-General Shields, dated Manassas, June 12, 1862.

40. From Ed. Schriver, colonel and chief of staff, to General Ricketts, dated Manassas, June 12, 1862-4 p. m.

41. From same to same, dated Headquarters Department, Manassas, June 12, 1862.

42. From same to same, dated Headquarters Department of the Rappahannock, Manassas, June 12-3.30 p. m.

The telegrams referred to in the foregoing are numbered 37 and 38, this series.

43. From Colonel Ed., Schriver, chief of staff, to General Ricketts, dated Headquarters Department of the Rappahannock, June 12, 1862.

44. From General McDowell to Honorable E. M. Stanton, dated Headquarters Department, Manassas, June 12, 1862.

45. From same to same, dated Headquarters Department of the Rappahannock, Manassas, June 12, 1862.

46. From Brigadier-General Bayard to Colonel E. Schriver, dated New Market, June 12, 1862.

47. From Brigadier General R. King to Colonel Schriver, chief of staff, dated Catlett's, June 12, 1862.

48. From General McDowell to Honorable E. M. Stanton, dated Headquarters Department of the Rappahannock, Manassas, June--, 1862.

49. From General McDowell to Major-General Banks, dated Headquarters Department of the Rappahannock, Manassas, June 13, 1862.

50. From General McDowell to Honorable E. M. Stanton, dated Headquarters Department of the Rappahannock, Manassas, June 13, 1862.

51. From General McDowell to Honorable E. M. Stanton, dated Headquarters Department of the Rappahannock, Manassas, June--, 1862.

52. From Colonel Schriver, chief of staff, to Brigadier-General Ricketts, dated Headquarters Department of the Rappahannock, Manassas, June 13, 1862.

53. From Colonel Schriver, chief of staff, to Major-General Shields, dated Headquarters Department, Manassas, June 13, 1862.

54. From Brigadier-General King to Major-General McDowell, dated Catlett's, June 13, 1862.

55. From Brigadier-General Ricketts to Colonel Schriver, dated Front Royal, June 13, 1862.

56. From E. M. Stanton to General McDowell, dated Washington, June 13, 1862.

57. From General N. P. Banks to General McDowell, dated Winchester, June 13, 1862.

58. From E. M. Stanton to Major-General McDowell, dated Washington, June 14, 1862.

59. From General N. P. Banks to General McDowell, dated Winchester, June 14, 1862.

The court adjourned to meet to-morrow, December 20, 1862, at 11 o'clock a. m.

TWENTY-SIXTH DAY.

COURT-ROOM, COR. FOURTEENTH ST. AND PA. AVE.,

Washington, D. C., December 20, 1862.

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Major MALCOLM MCDOWELL, additional paymaster, U. S. Volunteers, a witness, was duly sworn.

Question by General MCDOWELL. What relation are you to Major-General McDowell? What relation or connection, by blood or marriage, is there or has there been between General McDowell and the Honorable S. P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, or the Honorable E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War?