Answer. Yes, sir. I saw several of our boys shot while they were fighting. They said, when they shot me, that they were allowed to kill every damned nigger in the fort—not spare one.
Question. You saw nobody buried or burned?
Answer. No, sir; I saw them throw several in the water.
Question. Were they all dead that were thrown in?
Answer. Yes, sir; about dead.
Eli Carlton, (colored,) private, company B, 6th United States heavy artillery, sworn and examined.
By the chairman:
Question. Where were you raised?
Answer. In East Tennessee.