Answer. I do not. All I know about that is what I was told by Lieutenant Leming, who said that while he was lying here wounded, he heard some of the soldiers say that there were some wounded negroes in those buildings, who said, "You are trying to get this gunboat back to shell us, are you, God damn you," and then shot them down. I went to Memphis, and then had to go to Cairo. I was then ordered to patrol the river from here (Fort Pillow) to Memphis. I started down on my first trip on Friday morning last. I arrived at Memphis on Friday afternoon. I mentioned there the manner in which our men had been buried here by the rebels, and said that I thought humanity dictated that they should be taken up and buried as they ought to be. The general ordered some men to be detailed, with rations, to come up here and rebury them properly. They have come here, and have been engaged in that work since they came up.
Question. How many have you already found?
Answer. We have found already fifty-two white men and four officers, besides a great many colored men.
Question. Had the blacks and whites been buried together indiscriminately?
Answer. We have not found it so exactly; we have found them in the same trench, but the white men mostly at one end, and the black men at the other; but they were all pitched in in any way—some on their faces, some on their sides, some on their backs.
Question. Did you hear anything said about giving quarter or not giving, quarter on that occasion?
Answer. No, sir; but our paymaster here could tell you what he heard some of their officers say.
Question. Do you know anything about the transport Platte Valley being here?
Answer. She was lying alongside the gunboat 28 here when I came down the day after the fight, and came alongside of her.
Question. Do you know anything about any of our officers showing civilities to the rebel officers after all these atrocities?