St. Louis American

Massacre at Fort Pillow

On April 12, 1896, General Nathan Bedford Forrest led 2,500-3,000 Confederate troops to overtake Fort Pillow, in southwest Tennessee, located 40 miles north of Memphis. A garrison of 600 union ...
Southeast Missourian

Civil War book explores another view of the fighting at Fort Pillow

SIKESTON, Mo. -- A Sikeston history teacher's second book will offer a different view of a controversial Civil War battle. Rick Justice has been Civil War enthusiast for decades. The book, which ...
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Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War: Fort Pillow Massacre Returned Prisoners

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Richmond

Civil War expert will speak on Fort Pillow

Brian Steel Wills, Kenneth Asbury Professor of History at the University of Virginia's College at Wise and author of "The Confederacy's Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forrest," will give a talk ...
The New York Times

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.; SLAVERY IN CUBA. CONGRESSIONAL EXPENSES. THE USE OF TROOPS AT ELECTIONS. THE FORT PILLOW MASSACRE.

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The Fort Pillow Massacre

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