Q. Were you in irons when you were transferred from the Perry to the Minnesota?
A. No, sir.
Q. When were the irons taken off?
A. On board the Perry, when we were going into the boat to go on board the Minnesota.
Q. When you were on board the Minnesota were your irons put on again?
A. They were, at night.
Q. Was that the practice—taking them off in the day, and putting them on at night?
A. Yes; we were not ironed at all on that day on board the Minnesota.
Q. When you arrived in Hampton Roads,—you have described the place where the Minnesota lay, about half a mile from the Rip Raps?
A. Yes. (A chart was here handed to witness, and he marked on it the position of the Minnesota off Fortress Monroe.)