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was barred with one of those wide bolts.

"James Walls, sworn and examined. By Mr. Gooch:

'Question. To what company did you belong? 'Answer. Company
E, 13th Tennessee cavalry.

'Question. Under what officers did you serve? 'Answer. I was
under Major Bradford and Captain Potter.

'Question. Were you in the fight at Fort Pillow? 'Answer.
Yes, sir.

'Question. State what you saw there of the fight, and what
was done after the place was captured. 'Answer. We fought
them for some six or eight hours in the fort, and when they
charged, our men scattered and ran under the hill; some
turned back and surrendered, and were shot. After the flag
of truce came in I went down to get some water. As I was
coming back I turned sick, and laid down behind a log. The
secesh charged, and after they came over I saw one go a good
ways ahead of the others. One of our men made to him and
threw down his arms. The bullets were flying so thick there
I thought I could not live there, so I threw down my arms
and surrendered. He did not shoot me then, but as I turned
around he or some other one shot me in the back.

'Question. Did they say anything while they were shooting?
'Answer. All I heard was, 'Shoot him, shoot him!' 'Yonder
goes one!' 'Kill him, kill him!' That is about all I heard.

'Question. How many do you suppose you saw shot after they
surrendered? 'Answer. I did not see but two or three shot
around me. One of the boys of our company, named Taylor, ran
up there, and I saw him shot and fall. Then another was shot
just before me, like--shot down after he threw down his
arms.

'Question. Those were white men? 'Answer. Yes, sir. I saw
them make lots of niggers stand up, and then they shot them
down like hogs. The next morning I was lying around there
waiting for the boat to come up. The secesh would be prying
around there, and would come to a nigger and say, 'You ain't
dead are you?' They would not say anything, and then the
secesh would get down off their horses, prick them in their
sides, and say, 'D--n you, you aint dead; get up.' Then they
would make them get up on their knees, when they would shoot
them down like hogs.

'Question. Do you know of their burning any buildings?
'Answer. I could hear them tell the