Battle of Fort Pillow

When

12 Apr 1864

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

35.63° N, 89.85° W

Description

1864 battle of the American Civil War

1864 battle of the American Civil War

The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow Massacre, was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. The battle ended with Confederate soldiers commanded by Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest massacring Union soldiers attempting to surrender. Military historian David J.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim sogenannten Gefecht um Fort Pillow begehen konföderierte Streitkräfte ein Massaker an größtenteils afro-amerikanischen Gefangenen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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