A. Brown is a terribly talkative fellow, and he talked in his usual strain; I should not have set him down as anywise wrong.
C. N. Farr, recalled:
By Mr. Lindsey:
Q. I wish you would state whether you were present when General Latta received a dispatch from General Brinton, on Saturday evening?
A. Yes, sir; I was.
Q. Of the 21st. State as nearly as you can what the import of that dispatch was?
A. I cannot remember it sufficiently to give any of the language, except the general impression left upon my mind that General Pearson had left me, and that he had had no communications, and didn't understand the situation, and stated the condition of his troops, and how particularly he stated that I can't remember, except that the impression left upon my mind was that the troops were in danger of demoralization. There was a certain amount of unreliability, and that was intensified from the fact that we knew or understood, at that time, that the Pittsburgh division had gone to pieces, and up to that time we had considered that there would be no difficulty in General Brinton's holding his position until morning; that he had sufficient force, and was well armed and ammunitioned; but the dispatch created the impression that his troops were somewhat infected with that feeling of sympathy, or disinclined to take vigorous operations, and I understood that to be the reason why no more vigorous measure were taken.
General James W. Latta, recalled: