A. I was within sixty feet of the middle of the Twenty-eighth street crossing, I suppose.
Q. Could you see the officers inside this hollow square?
A. The officers were mostly—except the regimental officers—the general officers were up on the crossing with this company—General Brinton and General Matthews. I ran down on the track to help the first regiment officers stop the firing. The men had fired, I suppose, two or three rounds apiece. I helped the officers to steady the men up, and give a little confidence to the men, and as soon as they did that, and I think loaded again by command. Then I went up to the crossing, and I saw General Brinton and General Matthews, and he had already thrown two companies further up the track, and had the two Gatling guns in position, one pointing up the track—both, in fact. And while I stood there, they, turned and went down Twenty-eighth street.
Q. Just before the firing of the troops, did you see any officers in this square, or between these two lines facing away from the tracks—one facing the hill, and another facing down the other way?
A. They were both facing the hill at that time. As soon as the battalion wheeled into line, there was some little fuss there—a man or two fainted. They faced both ranks about.
Q. There was a space there?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. The regimental officers were there?
A. Yes; I spoke to Colonel Miller. He reminded me of it the other day in Philadelphia.
Q. Did you see any of the officers of the Sixth division there between these two lines?