The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 418
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WEST TENN. AND NORTHERN MISS.
Question. State all you know relative to the second specification.
Answer. I reached Holly Springs on the night of the 10th. I was notified I could
get subsistence from the post commissary. A large portion of the few cooking uten-
sils with which the command was provided being left yet behind, I intended myself to
have the rations cooked by the citizens, and ordered details from each regiment to go to
the houses of citizens who had agreed to cook for them, and ordered my brigade com-
missary, Major Marshall, to hurry the issuing of the rations. It was a wet and cold
evening. He (Marshall) in a little while reported to me that the men were not suf-
fering much, and preferred not to draw the rations that evening, and accordingly it
was not done. They have not been without rations from that time to this, so far as I
know, and I try to keep myself advised of their condition in that respect.
Question. State what you know relative to the third specification,
second charge.
Answer. I know nothing at all about that.
Cross-examination by DEFENDANT :
-Question. In the skirmishing the day before the attack in Corinth
was our infantry engaged with the enemy's pickets ?
Answer. When near Chewalla. and, as I afterward ascertained, to a small encamp-
ment of the enemy and some trivial defenses to the left of the road, his presence was
announced, and I was ordered to form my brigade-it being in front-in line of battle
and to throw out skirmishers, which I did as speedily as possible. While putting my
skirmishers in position a few shots were fired from the front, to which my men were
not permitted to respond. Having formed my men I advanced rapidly, passing
through and over their camp and breastworks without encountering or seeing any of
them. The cavalry was in front, and I am not aware that the enemy saw our in-
fantry. There was a ridge between where I formed my men and the encampment of
the enemy, making one invisible to the, other.
Question. Where did your command encamp that night ? Did you
advance beyond Chewalla ?
Answer. I encamped on the road to the right and a little in advance of Chewalla,
my left resting on the road and extending at right angles to it in line of battle through
the woods.
Question. At what time did our infantry engage the enemy ? Id est,
what day and how far from Corinth ?
Answer. My brigade engaged it in the morning of the 3d, about 11 o'clock, about 2
miles from Corinth. I do not think there had been any engagement of the infantry
until then.
Question. Did you have an independent command or were you act-
ing under the orders of Major-General Lovell ?
Answer. I was acting under orders of Major-General Lovell.
Question. Do you know whether Major-General Lovell received from
Major-General Van Dorn at Chewalla on our advance a map of Corinth,
its defenses and approaches ?
Answer. I do not. I think I saw a map in his hand; I am pretty sure I did. I do
not know where he got it.
Question. Do you know whether General Van Dorn, before he left
Ripley, after the junction with General Price, had in his possession a
Federal map of Corinth and its approaches taken from the enemy at
luka ?
Answer. No; I do not know it.
Question. Do you know whether in advancing upon Corinth and re-
treating from that place General Van Dorn had competent guides with
him ?
Answer. I do not know.418
[CHAP. xxIx.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1886; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154626/m1/429/?q=%221862%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.