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The massacre at Fort Pillow...
The massacre at Fort Pillow...
Item # 707915
April 16, 1864
NEW YORK TIMES, April 16, 1864
* Fort Pillow Massacre - Tennessee
* Rebel General Nathan Forrest
* African Americans slaughtered
Among the ftpg. heads is: "THE BLACK FLAG" "Horrible Massacre by the Rebels" "Fort Pillow Captured After a Desperate Fight" "400 of the Garrison Brutally Murdered" "Wounded & Unarmed Men Bayoneted and Their Bodies Burned" "White & Black Indiscriminately Butchered" and more.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, 2 creases, good condition.
background: The Fort Pillow Massacre remains one of the most chilling episodes of the American Civil War, occurring on April 12, 1864, when Confederate cavalry under Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest overran a Union outpost in Tennessee. While the initial assault was a tactical victory, the engagement devolved into a systematic execution of Union troops—primarily the Black soldiers of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT)—after they had already laid down their arms and attempted to surrender. Historical records and survivor testimonies describe a scene of horrific racialized violence, where Black soldiers were shot in cold blood, bayoneted while wounded, or forced into the Mississippi River at gunpoint. This event resulted in a disproportionately high death toll for the USCT compared to their white counterparts, sparked a bitter Congressional investigation into war crimes, and transformed "Remember Fort Pillow!" into a fierce rallying cry that steeled the resolve of Black regiments throughout the remainder of the war.
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