Question. What was the corporal doing? Answer. When the gunboats commenced firing he was started off with them, but he would not go fast enough and they shot him dead. Question. When you were shot the last time had you any arms in your hands? Answer. No, sir. Question. Had the corporal any arms in his hands? Answer. No, sir; nothing. By the chairman: 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. Question. Did you know any of them? Answer. No, sir. Question. Did they say anything against it? Answer. No, sir; only, "Kill the God damned nigger." * * * * * Nathan Hunter, (colored,) private, company D, 6th United States heavy artillery, sworn and examined. By Mr. Gooch: Question. Were you in Fort Pillow when it was captured? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. What did you see done there? Answer. They went down the hill, and shot all of us they saw; they shot me for dead, and I lay there until the next morning when the gunboat came along. They thought I was dead and pulled my boots off. That is all I know. Question. Were you shot when they first took the fort? Answer. I was not shot until we were done fighting. Question. Had you any arms in your hands when you were shot? Answer. No, sir. Question. How long did you lie where you were shot? Answer. I lay there from three o'clock until after night, and then I went up in the guard-house and staid there until the next morning when the gunboat came along. Question. Did you see any others shot? Answer. Yes, sir; they shot down a whole parcel along with me. Their bodies were lying there along the river bank the next morning. They kicked some of them into the river after they were shot dead. Question. Did you see that? Answer. Yes, sir; I thought they were going to throw me in too; I slipped away in the night. By the chairman: Question. Did you see any man burned? Answer. No, sir; I was down under the hill next the river. Question. They thought you were dead when they pulled your boots off? Answer. Yes, sir; they pulled my boots off, and rolled me over, and said they had killed me. * * * * * Sergeant Benjamin Robinson, (colored,) company D, 6th United States heavy artillery, sworn and examined. By Mr. Gooch: Question. Were you at Fort Pillow in the fight there?