Was there any one else there who saw that?
Answer. I reckon there was; I could not tell who.

'Question. When was it that you saw them? 'Answer. 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.

'Question. Did you notice how they were nailed? 'Answer. 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.

'Question. Did you see them kill any white men? 'Answer.
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.

'Question. Did you see any rebel officers about there when
this was going on? 'Answer. Yes, sir; old Forrest was one.

'Question. Did you know Forrest? 'Answer. Yes, sir; he was a
little bit of a man. I had seen him before at Jackson.

'Question. Are you sure he was there when this was going on?
'Answer. Yes, sir.

'Question. Did you see any other officers that you knew?
'Answer. I did not know any other but him. There were some
two or three more officers came up there.

'Question. Did you see any buried there? 'Answer. Yes, sir;
they buried right smart of them. They buried a great many
secesh, and a great many of our folks. I think they buried
more secesh than our folks.

'Question. How did they bury them? 'Answer. They buried the
secesh over back of the fort, all except those on Fort hill;
them they buried up on top of the hill where the gunboats
shelled them.

'Question. Did they bury any alive? 'Answer. I heard the
gunboat men say they dug two out who were alive.

'Question. You did not see them? 'Answer. No, sir.

'What company did you fight with? 'Answer. I went right into
the fort and fought there.

'Question. Were you a slave or a free man? 'Answer. I was a
slave.

'Question. Where were you raised? 'Answer. In old Virginia.

'Question. Who was your master? 'Answer. Colonel Hardgrove.

'Question. Where did you l