Q. What is the difference between the firing in a new regiment and an old one?
A. They don't fire together—they will in time. Time makes everything perfect.
Q. The firing is somewhat like the firing in a battle, after the first volley is fired?
A. Yes; I suppose there was about a dozen guns went off, and then the rest followed, the same as a new regiment.
Q. What the boys used to call a rattling fire in the army?
A. Yes, sir.
By Mr. Means:
Q. How near were you to where General Pearson stood when this command was given?
A. I guess they were about the center of the square, and I was standing three men from the end, at the head of the column—that is, the right of the square towards the round-house.
Q. What distance would you suppose?