mber captured,
but General Sheridan and myself estimated it at about 10,000.

"Of course, the statement of General G. W. C. Lee, to which you
refer, is also erroneous as regards the strength opposed to the
Confederate force.

"You are quite correct in your statement that you know I commanded
the infantry engaged on the Union side in that battle, from first
to last. General Sheridan was with me as our troops were coming
up, but he left before the battle commenced, to join the cavalry,
as I supposed, and I was not aware that he claimed to be in command
of the combined infantry and cavalry force till some time subsequent
to the battle, when he called upon me for a report. This I declined
to make, on the ground that I was under the orders of General Meade
only, the commander of the Army of the Potomac. General Grant, to
whom the matter was referred by General Sheridan, having decided
that I should make a report to the latter, I sent him a copy of my
report of the battle, which I had already made to General Meade.
I regret that I have no copy of the report, or I should send it to
you with pleasure. I presume that it will soon be published in
the official records of the Rebellion. All the records of the
Sixth Corps were turned in to the Adjutant-General of the Army, as
required by the Army Regulations, on the discontinuance of our
organization, and are, I presume, accessible to any who desire to
examine them.

"With the most sincere good wishes for your health and prosperity,
"I am, very truly yours,
"H. G. Wright,
"General J. Warren Keifer, Springfield, Ohio."

APPENDIX E

"Headquarters First Division, Seventh Army Corps,
"Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba, January 28, 1899.

"General Henry C. Corbin,
"Adjutant-General U.S.A.,
"Washington, D.C.

"_Sir_.--I dislike to take your time, but I hope you will pardon me
for writing you this purely unofficial letter, relative to the
situation in Cuba as it appears to me after a month's investigation
while serving here. Necessarily, to keep in bounds, I must generalize
and not always give reasons for opinions. This is not written in
any spirit of criticism, or of dissatisfaction with my own position
here; in fact, I am satisfied with my command, and am very well
treated by everybody about and around me. Major-Generals Brooke
and Lee are both very kind to me. But to the subject. I shall
not attempt to exhaust it.

"Cuba is now prostrate and her people