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The Fort Pillow massacre... Battles at Paducah and Olustee...
The Fort Pillow massacre... Battles at Paducah and Olustee...
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April 16, 1864
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, April 16, 1864 The front page has dramatic, single-column headlines related to the massacre and atrocities at Fort Pillow.
Among the column heads: "SHOCKING FROM MISSISSIPPI" "ATTACK ON FORT PILLOW" "A Surrender Demanded" "A Desperate & Prolonged Fight" "Our Forces Overpowered" "The Dead and Wounded Bayoneted" "400 Soldiers Butchered" "Men Shot While in the Hospital" "The Hospital Burned" "Negroes Buiried Alive But Escape" "Shocking Scenes of Savagery" and more.Also: "Smart Little Fight At Pensacola" "All Well With the Red River Expedition" plus much war reporting on inside pages.
Twelve pages, nice condition.
Category: Yankee
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