Mr。Cameronappearedalarmedatwhatwassaid，andturnedtoAdjutant—GeneralL。Thomas，toinquireifheknewofanytroopsavailable，thathadnotbeenalreadyassigned。HementionedNegley’sPennsylvaniaBrigade，atPittsburg，andacoupleofotherregimentsthatwerethenenrouteforSt。Louis。Mr。CameronorderedhimtodivertthesetoLouisville，andThomasmadethetelegraphicordersonthespot。Hefurtherpromised，onreachingWashington，togiveusmoreofhistimeandassistance。
Inthegeneralconversationwhichfollowed，IremembertakingalargemapoftheUnitedStates，andassumingthepeopleofthewholeSouthtobeinrebellion，thatourtaskwastosubduethem，showedthatMcClellanwasontheleft，havingafrontageoflessthanahundredmiles，andFremonttheright，aboutthesame;
whereasI，thecentre，hadfromtheBigSandytoPaducah，overthreehundredmilesoffrontier;thatMcClellanhadahundredthousandmen，Fremontsixtythousand，whereastomehadonlybeenallottedabouteighteenthousand。Iarguedthat，forthepurposeofdefenseweshouldhavesixtythousandmenatonce，andforoffense，wouldneedtwohundredthousand，beforeweweredone。Mr。
Cameron，whostilllayonthebed，threwuphishandsandexclaimed，\"GreatGod！wherearetheytocomefrom？\"IassertedthattherewereplentyofmenattheNorth，readyandwillingtocome，ifhewouldonlyaccepttheirservices;foritwasnotoriousthatregimentshadbeenformedinalltheNorthwesternStates，whoseserviceshadbeenrefusedbytheWarDepartment，onthegroundthattheywouldnotbeneeded。Wediscussedallthesemattersfully，inthemostfriendlyspirit，andIthoughtIhadarousedMr。Camerontoarealizationofthegreatwarthatwasbeforeus，andwasinfactuponus。IheardhimtellGeneralThomastomakeanoteofourconversation，thathemightattendtomyrequestsonreachingWashington。Weallspenttheeveningtogetheragreeablyinconversation，manyUnioncitizenscallingtopaytheirrespects，andthenextmorningearlywetookthetrainforFrankfort;Mr。CameronandpartygoingontoCincinnatiandWashington，andItoCampDickRobinsontoseeGeneralThomasandthetroopsthere。
IfoundGeneralThomasinatavern，withmostofhisregimentscampedabouthim。HehadsentasmallforcesomemilesinadvancetowardCumberlandGap，underBrigadier—GeneralSchoepf。Remainingthereacoupleofdays，IreturnedtoLouisville;onthe22dofOctober，GeneralNegley’sbrigadearrivedinboatsfromPittsburg，wassentouttoCampNolin;andtheThirty—seventhIndiana。，ColonelHazzard，andSecondMinnesota，ColonelVanCleve，alsoreachedLouisvillebyrail，andwerepostedatElizabethtownandLebanonJunction。ThesewerethesametroopswhichhadbeenorderedbyMr。CameronwhenatLouisville，andtheywereallthatI