Question. What do you know about any buildings being burned?
Answer. I saw them burn the buildings; and that morning as I was going to the boat I saw one colored man who was burned in the building.
Question. When was that building burned?
Answer. The next morning.
Question. The morning after the capture?
Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. How did you get away?
Answer. I started off with the rebels; we were all lying in a hollow to keep from the shells; as their backs were turned to me I crawled up in some brush and logs, and they all left; when night come I came back to the river bank, and a gunboat came along.
Question. Were any officers about when you were shot last?
Answer. Yes, sir.