Q. Will you give us the time when Colonel Carpenter's regiment reached Greenville?
A. All the regiment didn't reach Greenville. Some of the companies kept back in Meadville. Having only one train, one engine, and one engineer under our control, the officers decided very wisely, as I should have done, to remain there until the division should be concentrated, and then move down together. The whole division was not concentrated at Greenville. There was a company from Ridgway, one from Corry, one company from Union, two companies from Meadville, and there was one company from Clarion county, which was not ordered out, because it was so far away at the time.
Q. The order you sent for Colonel Carpenter to go to Rochester—do you know whether he received that order or not?
A. I didn't send it directly to Colonel Carpenter, for at no time was I certain Colonel Carpenter was there; but to the officer in charge of the troops. I was not certain my adjutant general was there.
Q. The North East company, and the Erie company, and the Conneautville company were at Greenville?
A. If I remember right, the North East company, under Captain Orton; Captains Riddle and Curtiss's company, of Erie; Captain Rupert, of Conneautville; Captain Kreps, of Greenville; Captain Fruit, of Jefferson; Captain Dight, of Pine Grove; and Captain Wright, of Mercer—eight or nine companies.
Q. What day did they assemble at Greenville?
A. They probably got there Sunday morning—possibly some of them Saturday night.
Q. Did Colonel Carpenter, who was in command there, receive your orders to move to Rochester?
A. He received the orders to move to Rochester, because he replied that the men were at dinner, and that as soon as dinner was over they would move.