I, Frank Hogan, a corporal in company A, of the 6th United States heavy artillery, (colored,) would, on oath, state the following: That I was in the battle fought at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, on the (12th) twelfth day of April, A. D. (1864,) one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and that I was taken prisoner by the enemy, and I saw Captain Carson, and heard some of the enemy ask him if he belonged to a nigger regiment. He told them he did. They asked him how he came here. He told them he was detailed there. Then they told him they would give him a detail, and immediately shot him dead, after being a prisoner without arms. I also saw two lieutenants, whose names I did not know, but who belonged to the (13th) Thirteenth Tennessee cavalry, shot down after having been taken prisoners. I also saw them kill three sick men that were lying helpless in their tents.
I saw them make our men (colored) pull the artillery, whipping them at the same time in the most shameful manner.
I also saw them bury one of our men alive, being only wounded. I heard Colonel McCullough, Confederate States army, ask his adjutant how many men were killed and wounded. The adjutant told him he had a list of three hundred, and that all the reports were not in yet. Colonel McCullough was commanding a brigade. I also heard a captain, Confederate States army, tell Colonel McCullough, Confederate States army, that ten men were killed out of his own company.
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Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of April, 1864, at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tennessee.
MALCOM F. SMITH,
First Lieutenant and Adjutant 6th U. S. Heavy Artillery, (colored.)
A true copy.
J. H. ODLIN,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant General.
Statement of Wilbur H. Gaylord, first sergeant, company B, 6th United States heavy artillery, (colored.)