Answer. Acting master's mate for the New Era gunboat.
Question. Were you here on the day of the fight at Fort Pillow?
Answer. I was.
Question. Tell us what you observed in regard to the battle, and what followed.
Answer. I did not observe much of the first part of the engagement, because I was stationed below, in a division, with the guns; but after we hauled out into the stream I saw the flag of truce come in, and then I saw our colors come down at the fort, and saw our men running down the bank, the rebels following them and shooting them after they had surrendered.
Question. What number do you suppose the rebels killed after they had surrendered?
Answer. I could not say, only from what I saw the next day when I went ashore.
Question. You were there the next day?
Answer. Yes, sir; we came in under a flag of truce.
Question. What did you see?