The Fort Pillow Massacre: North, South, and the Status of African Americans in the Civil War Era by Bruce Tap

The Fort Pillow Massacre: North, South, and the Status of African Americans in the Civil War Era

Critical Moments in American History

Bruce Tap

216 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

nonfiction history
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On April 12, 1864, a small Union force occupying Fort Pillow, Tennessee, a fortress located on the Mississippi River just north of Memphis, was overwhelmed by a larger Confederate force under the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest. While the battle...

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