Answer. I so understand them.
Question. How many in that condition did you understand?
Answer. I learned from those who came here that nearly all who were in the hospital were killed. I received a young negro boy, probably sixteen years old, who was in the hospital there sick with fever, and unable to get away. The rebels entered the hospital, and with a sabre hacked his head, no doubt with the intention of splitting it open. The boy put up his hand to protect his head, and they cut off one or two of his fingers. He was brought here insensible, and died yesterday. I made a post-mortem examination, and found that the outer table of the skull was incised, the inner table was fractured, and a piece driven into the brain.
Question. This was done while he was sick in the hospital?
Answer. Yes, sir, unable to get off his bed.
Question. Have you any means of knowing how many were murdered in that way?
Answer. No positive means, except the statement of the men.
Question. How many do you suppose from the information you have received?
Answer. I suppose there were about four hundred massacred—murdered there.
Question. What proportion white, and what proportion colored, as near as you could ascertain?