Chapter C: B. Smith,

_Lieutenant and A. D. C._

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_Statement of Mrs. Rebecca Williams._

I am the wife of William F. Williams, a private in the 13th Tennessee cavalry, company D.

I was at Fort Pillow on the Wednesday morning after the fight of Tuesday, the 12th of April, 1864, and saw the body of a man, which had the appearance of having been burned to death. It was pointed out to me as the body of Lieutenant John C. Akerstrom, of the 13th Tennessee cavalry. I know it was the corpse of a white man.

her
REBECCA x WILLIAMS.
mark.

CAIRO, _April 18, 1864_.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of April, 1864.

ISAAC M. TALMADGE,
_Captain and District Provost Marshal_.

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I, the undersigned, do certify that I also witnessed the same spectacle described by Mrs. Williams.

her
NANCY M. x HOPPER.
mark.

CAIRO, _April 18, 1864_.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of April, 1864.

ISAAC M. TALMADGE,
_Captain and District Provost Marshal_.

A true copy.