Answer. One shot at me three times, and then a lieutenant shot at me. Question. Did they say anything when they shot you? Answer. No, sir, only I asked them not to shoot me, and they said, "God damn you, you are fighting against your master." Question. How near was the man to you when he shot you? Answer. He squatted down, and held his pistol close to my head. Question. How near was the officer to you when he shot you? Answer. About five or ten feet off; he was sitting on his horse. Question. Who said you were fighting against your master? Answer. The man that shot me. Question. What did the officer say? Answer. Nothing, but "you God damned nigger." A captain told him not to do it, but he did not mind him; he shot me, and run off on his horse. Question. Did you see the captain? Answer. Yes, sir; he and the captain were side by side. Question. Did you know the captain? Answer. No, sir. Question. How long did you stay there? Answer. Until next morning about 9 o'clock. Question. How did you get away? Answer. When the gunboat commenced shelling I went down the hill, and staid there until they carried down a flag of truce. Then the gunboat came to the bank, and a secesh lieutenant made us go down to such a place, and told us to go no further, or we would get shot again. Then the gunboat men came along to bury the dead, and told us to go on the boat. Question. Did you see anybody shot after they had surrendered, besides yourself? Answer. Yes, sir; they shot one right by me, and lots of the 13th Tennessee cavalry. Question. After they had surrendered? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. Do you know whether any were buried alive? Answer. Not that I saw. Question. Did you see anybody buried? Answer. No, sir. Question. Did you see anybody shot the day after the fight? Answer. No, sir. * * * * * Charles Key, (colored,) private, company D, 6th United States heavy artillery, sworn and examined. By Mr. Gooch: Question. Where were you raised? Answer. In South Carolina. Question. Have you been a slave? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. Where did you enlist? Answer. In Tennessee. Question. Were you in the fight at Fort Pillow? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. What did you see done there after the fight was over? Answer. I saw nothing, only the boys run down the hill, and they came down and shot them. Question. Were you wounded before or after you surrendered? Answer. After the surrender, about 5 o'clock. Question. Did you have your gun in your hands when you were wounded? Answer. No, sir; I threw my gun into the river. Question. How did they come to shoot you? Answer. I was in the water, and a man came down and shot me with a revolver. Question. Did you see anybody else shot?