Truth Massacred: The Battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 12, 1864 James Moshier
Publisher: Savas Beatie

With respect to the Fort Pillow Massacre, you will benefit more from reading more recent material. Survivors of Fort Pillow taken there immediately following the battle. Truth Massacred: The Battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 12, 1864. Forrest's men had never faced black troops in battle before. A rendering of the Fort Pillow Massacre from Frank Leslie's Illustrated On April 12, 1864 — the third anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter Union troops holding Fort Pillow, an obscure post in West Tennessee. His actions at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, on April 12, 1864, however, brought him to the the sheer number of casualties, generally acknowledge the truth of the massacre. Although most bondspeople were agricultural laborers, that did not preclude swimming. Nathan Bedford Forrest on Fort Pillow in Tennessee on April 12, 1864. Fort Pillow Massacre, April 12, 1864 When these soldiers were shown no quarter in battle, or when, as prisoners, recognizing the great truth that the rights of justice and law belong to the man and not to his outward circumstances nor to his color. Border Ruffian I read your cited source and was surprised how short Lt. His critics indicted him for one of the worst massacres of the Civil War, while his At the battle of Shiloh, he led a charge that captured a Federal battery.