I reckoned that ten thousand of our men were dead, wounded, or prisoners, and that the enemy's loss could not be much less.

Buell said that Nelson's, McCook's, and Crittendens divisions of his army, containing eighteen thousand men, had arrived and could cross over in the night, and be ready for the next day's battle.

I argued that with these reenforcements we could sweep the field.

Buell seemed to mistrust us, and repeatedly said that he did not like the looks of things, especially about the boat-landing,--and I really feared he would not cross over his army that night, lest he should become involved in our general disaster.

He did not, of course, understand the shape of the ground, and asked me for the use of my map, which I lent him on the promise that he would return it.