A. Not that I saw. I saw one of the officers—I supposed to be a field officer—saw him hit, and it staggered him, but he didn't seem to be hurt—kind of shoved him to one side—it seemed to be a piece of a board or piece of wood—something like a block of wood—it was thrown from the hill side, and hit one of the officers. I saw that myself—not thrown from the hill side, but from what they call the watch-box—it is a watch-box. It was thrown from the back of that by a boy.
Q. You saw the boy?
A. It was a young fellow about sixteen or seventeen years of age, from what I could judge from his appearance.
Q. When the firing commenced, you ran?
A. I ran before the firing commenced. I was back of what they call the Hill house.
Q. Did you run before the command was given?
A. No, sir; I didn't. Whenever I heard the command given, I thought I had no business there, and I got out of the road, that is one thing that made me so positive the command was given. My idea of getting out of the road was on account of that command to fire.
Q. In what words—was there more than one command?
A. There was no more than one command. The word fire was given by different men in uniform. They were standing not in the rear, but in front of the line of militia that was right in front of me. I heard that from more than one voice.
Q. In what words was the command given?