- Joined
- Nov 27, 2018
- Location
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
By the time these court proceedings reconvened in Nashville, Tennessee, a regular pattern of interrogation had been established. They would generally open in the morning at 10:00, and the record is intermittent for showing time spent in recess and when adjourned. As well the times where it specified afternoon sessions and evening sessions were few, when covering the full month of December. Many answers could be brief, and questions fired off rapidly as though a rather heated temperament was involved, especially with General Buell's cross-examinations. On the second week the first witness was Major General A. McD. McCook. (Later on the intensity becomes more involved as questions proliferated from other court members, but because of the scarcity identifiable on the records, I was uncertain as to which member questioned the witness each time. This occurred when McCook was recalled to testify on Dec. 9 and 10.)
Another question I have is whether General McCook recited a written account, whether it was turned in and read, or whether it was spoken directly to the court with spontaneity. His first answer covers four full pages and when he was dismissed, a second witness, Lieutenant Frank Jones, the Acting Assistant Adj.-General (AAG) of the 3rd Division was asked 5 questions by the court and cross-examined with 7 more by General Buell. This ended the opening session in Nashville on December 8. McCook will testify for the next two days.
Lubliner.
Another question I have is whether General McCook recited a written account, whether it was turned in and read, or whether it was spoken directly to the court with spontaneity. His first answer covers four full pages and when he was dismissed, a second witness, Lieutenant Frank Jones, the Acting Assistant Adj.-General (AAG) of the 3rd Division was asked 5 questions by the court and cross-examined with 7 more by General Buell. This ended the opening session in Nashville on December 8. McCook will testify for the next two days.
Lubliner.