Answer. I don't know; they were all strangers to me. The gunboat first landed, and then the transport Platte Valley came up and took the prisoners, and then another boat came up and laid alongside of her. The three lay there together.
Question. Do you know of anything further on the subject that is important?
Answer. I don't think of anything now.
William E. Johnson, sworn and examined.
By Mr. Gooch:
Question. To what regiment do you belong?
Answer. I am a sergeant of company B, of the 13th Tennessee cavalry.
Question. Were you at Fort Pillow at the time of the attack there?
Answer. No, sir; I was at Memphis. I came up to Fort Pillow the morning after the fight, on the Platte Valley, within some six or eight miles below Fort Pillow, and then got on the gunboat 28.