m to stick torches all
around, and they fired all the buildings.

'Question. Do you know whether any of our men were in the
buildings when they were burned? 'Answer. Some of our men
said some were burned; I did not see it, or know it to be so
myself.

'Question. How did they bury them--white and black together?
'Answer. I don't know about the burying; I did not see any
buried.

'Question. How many negroes do you suppose were killed after
the surrender? 'Answer. There were hardly any killed before
the surrender. I reckon as many as 200 were killed after the
surrender, out of about 300 that were there.

Question. Did you see any rebel officers about while this
shooting was going on? 'Answer. I do not know as I saw any
officers about when they were shooting the negroes. A
captain came to me a few minutes after I was shot; he was
close by me when I was shot.

'Question. Did he try to stop the shooting? 'Answer. I did
not hear a word of their trying to stop it. After they were
shot down, he told them not to shoot them any more. I begged
him not to let them shoot me again, and he said they would
not. One man, after he was shot down, was shot again. After
I was shot down, the man I surrendered to went around the
tree I was against and shot a man, and then came around to
me again and wanted my pocket-book. I handed it up to him,
and he saw my watch-chain and made a grasp at it, and got
the watch and about half the chain. He took an old Barlow
knife I had in my pocket. It was not worth five cents; was
of no account at all, only to cut tobacco with.'

"Nathan G. Fulks, sworn and examined. By Mr. Gooch:

'Question. To what company and regiment do you belong?
'Answer. To Company D, 13th Tennessee cavalry.

'Question. Where are you from? 'Answer. About twenty miles
from Columbus, Tennessee.

'Question. How long have you been in the service? 'Answer.
Five months, the 1st of May.

'Question. Were you at Fort Pillow at the time of the fight
there? Answer. Yes, sir.

'Question. Will you state what happened to you there?
'Answer. I was at the corner of the fort when they fetched
in a flag for a surrender. Some of them said the major stood
a while, and then said he would not surrender. They
continued to fight a