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Fort Pillow massacre (1864)

On the American Civil War map as “Fort Pillow”

12 Apr 1864 — After Fort Pillow falls, Confederate troops under Forrest massacre surrendering soldiers, most of them Black; perhaps 200 die. The massacre shows the war’s racial hatred in action. “Remember Fort Pillow” becomes a cry of Black regiments.

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Site of memory
Chapter
Overland and Atlanta campaigns (chapter 9 of American Civil War)
Atlas
The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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Map showing Fort Pillow massacre (1864), site of memory in The American Civil War, 1840–1877
SITE OF MEMORY · THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1840–1877

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