Q. How happened there to be such a large——
A. That is to say, suppose this was the track. We would go and clear this off, and then they would get in behind us, shouting and howling and cursing. It kept three or four companies going there all day.
Q. Did you undertake to hold possession of the crossing of the track any distance there at the crossing, or merely clear it off and fall back?
A. Then they would rush in behind us, and we would have to send another company.
Q. How happened there to be such a large crowd on the crossing at the time the Philadelphia troops marched up?
A. I think our regiment had orders—that is the companies—had orders to fall back and let the Philadelphians in. Our orders were, so far as I can remember, that we were to go on a train, and go out.
Q. How long previous to the Philadelphia troops coming up there had you fallen back?
A. I suppose it was about a minute.
Q. Some testify that the mob was mixed up with the troops there near the crossing, and on the side of the hill?
A. They were only mixed up in that way, just as I told you.