You cannot tell us anything that we do not know already.

Whatever you may know we know more.

We know tonight the condition of General Grant's army better than General Grant himself does.

We know how General Buell and his army stand better than General Buell himself does.

We know the position of your brigades and the missing links between them better than your own brigade commanders do." The eyes of the Louisianian flashed, his swarthy face swelled and his shoulders twitched.