shot?

A. After I surrendered.

Q. How many times were you shot?

A. I was shot but once; but I threw my hand up, and the shot went
through my hand and my head.

Q. Who shot you?

A. A private.

Q. What did he say?

A. He said: "God damn you, I will shoot you, old friend."

Q. Did you see anybody else shot?

A. Yes, sir; they just called them out like dogs, and shot them
down. I reckon they shot about fifty, white and black, right
there. They nailed some black sergeants to the logs, and set the
logs on fire.

Q. When did you see that?

A. When I went there in the morning I saw them; they were burning
all together.

Q. Did they kill them before they burned them?

A. No, sir; they nailed them to the logs; drove the nails right
through their hands.

Q. How many did you see in that condition?

A. Some four or five; I saw two white men burned.

Q. Was there any one else there who saw that?

A. I reckon there was; I could not tell who.

Q. When was it that you saw them?

A. I saw them in the morning after the fight; some of them were
burned almost in two. I could tell they were white men, because
they were whiter than the colored men.

Q. Did you notice how they were nailed?

A. I saw one nailed to the side of a house; he looked like he was
nailed right through his wrist. I was trying then to get to the
boat when I saw it.

Q. Did you see them kill any white men?

A. They killed some eight or nine there. I reckon they killed
more than twenty after it was all over; called them out from
under the hill, and shot them down. They would call out a white
man and shoot him down, and call out a colored man and shoot him
down; do it just as fast as they could make their guns go off.

Q. Did you see any rebel officers about there when this was going
on?

A. Yes, sir; old Forrest was one.

Q. Did you know Forrest?

A. Yes, sir; he was a little bit of a man. I had seen him before
at Jackson.

Ransom Anderson (Colored), Company B, Sixth United States Heavy
Artillery, sworn and examined.

By Mr. Gooch:

Q. Where were you raised?

A. In Mississippi.

Q. Were you a slave?

A. Yes, sir.

Q. Where did you enlist?

A. At Corinth.

Q. Were you in th