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covered it most all over.  He could not get them off.  He asked for water but they would not give it to him.  they put him in a wagon in the coffin.  Two soldiers, with guns, set upon the coffin one marched behind with charged bayonet, and a colored boy named Henry drove the wagon to Castle Thunder.

All the above facts are true and I will make oath to them.  

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

The above statement was made to me and written down, sentence by sentence as narrated, after I ha sent for the said Adams to meet me for this purpose, and told him that I would sent it to the War Dept and charged him that he should give me nothing that was not true.

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