your hands when they shot you?

A. No, sir; I was an artillery man, and had no arms.

Q. Did you see the man who shot you?

A. No, sir.

Q. Did you hear him say any thing?

A. No, sir; I heard nothing. He shot me, and I was bleeding
pretty free, and I thought to myself: "I will make out it was a
dead shot, and maybe I will not get another."

Q. Did you see any others shot?

A. No, sir.

Q. Was there any thing said about giving quarter?

A. Major Bradford brought in a black flag, which meant no
quarter. I heard, some of the rebel officers say: "You damned
rascals, if you had not fought us so hard, but had stopped when
we sent in a flag of truce, we would not have done any thing to
you." I heard one of the officers say: "Kill all the niggers";
another one said: "No; Forrest says take them and carry them with
him to wait upon him and cook for him, and put them in jail and
send them to their masters." Still they kept on shooting. They
shot at me after that, but did not hit me; a rebel officer shot
at me. He took aim at my side; at the crack of his pistol I fell.
He went on and said: "There's another dead nigger."

Q. Was there any one shot in the hospital that day?

A. Not that I know of. I think they all came away and made a raft
and floated across the mouth of the creek and got into a flat
bottom.

Q. Did you see any buildings burned?

A. I stayed in the woods all day Wednesday. I was there Thursday
and looked at the buildings. I saw a great deal left that they
did not have a chance to burn up. I saw a white man burned up who
was nailed up against the house.

Q. A private or an officer?

A. An officer; I think it was a lieutenant in the Tennessee
cavalry.

Q. How was he nailed?

A. Through his hands and feet right against the house.

Q. Was his body burned?

A. Yes, sir; burned all over--I looked at him good.

Q. When did you see that?

A. On the Thursday after the battle.

Q. Where was the man?

A. Right in front of the Fort.

Jacob Thompson (Colored), sworn and examined.

By Mr. Gooch:

Q. Were you a soldier at Fort Pillow?

A. No, sir; I was not a soldier; but I went up in the Fort and
fought with the rest. I was shot in the hand and the head.

Q. When were you