FORT PILLOW

fortification on the Mississippi River, N of Memphis, Tenn.; built by Confederate Gen. Gideon Pillow in 1862. Evacuated by the Confederates after the fall of Island No. 10 to the north, the fort was occupied by Union troops on June 6, 1862. Confederate Gen. Nathan Forrest stormed and captured Fort Pillow on Apr. 12, 1864, killing many African-American defenders. Often called the Fort Pillow Massacre, it became one of the greatest atrocity stories of the Civil War. Charged with ruthless killing, Forrest argued that the soldiers had been killed trying to escape; however, racial animosity on the part of his troops was undoubtedly a factor.

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Struggle for the Heartland: The Campaigns from Fort Henry to Corinth
Book by Stephen D. Engle; University of Nebraska Press, 2001
Subjects: Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social Aspects
...Hallecks position, and it made the Confederate stronghold of Fort Pillow on the Mississippi vulnerable. By June i, Brig. Gen. John B. Villepigue abandoned the fort, throwing residents of Memphis seventy miles south into...
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A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772
Book by Samuel Hearne; Macmillan, 1958
Subjects: Indians Of North America--Northwest, Canadian, Natural History--Northwest, Canadian, Northwest Passage, Northwest, Canadian--Description And Travel--Early Works To 1800
...Mr. Norton was an Indian; he was born at Prince of Waless Fort, but had been in England nine years, and considering the small...at night he locked the doors, and put the keys under his pillow; so that in the morning his dining-room was generally, for...
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Left behind in Rosedale: Race Relations and the Collapse of Community Institutions
Book by Scott Cummings; Westview Press, 1998
Subjects: African Americans--Texas--Fort Worth--Social Conditions, Community Development--Texas--Fort Worth, Fort Worth (Tex.)--Race Relations, Fort Worth (Tex.)--Social Conditions, Rosedale (Fort Worth, Tex.)--Race Relations, Rosedale (Fort Worth, Tex.)--Social Conditions
...came in the bedroom and she said when she awoke it was about midnight or early morning. And she said he was right over with a pillow mashing down on her face and he was going to smother her. She said she jumped up . . . and he had put his hands all over her...
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The Age of Hate: Andrew Johnson and the Radicals
Book by George Fort Milton; Coward-McCann, 1930
Subjects: Johnson, Andrew--1808-1875, Presidents--United States--Biography, United States--Politics and government--1865-1869, United States--Politics and government--Civil War
Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country." Remembering, his friends wrapped him in a fine new flag with thirty-seven stars, while...
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Black Flag over Dixie: Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in the Civil War
Book by Gregory J. W. Urwin; Southern Illinois University Press, 2004
Subjects: African American Soldiers--Crimes Against--Southern States--History--19th Century, Massacres--Southern States--History--19th Century, Racism--Southern States--History--19th Century, Reprisals--History--19th Century, Southern States--Race Relations, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Atrocities, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American, United States--Race Relations
...against him for culpability in the Fort Pillow incident. 106 Reconstruction would...the whole subject of the alleged Fort Pillow massacre should be buried as deep as the dead Federal soldiers. Yet, Fort Pillow remained a contentious part of...
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journal articles on: Fort Pillow  - 92 results

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Fort Pillow, a Civil War Massacre, and Public Memory
Journal article by Jonathan D. Sarris; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 73, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Fort Pillow, a Civil War Massacre, and Public Memory: Conflicting Worlds, New Dimensions of the American Civil War (Book)--Book reviews
Fort Pillow, a Civil War Massacre, and...the soldiers who served in the fort and the civilians who lived...the Union occupation of the fort upheaved social, economic...The Union soldiers in the fort visited "hard war" on the...which served as part of the forts garrison during the infamous...
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The Lynching Massacre of Black and White Soldiers at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 12, 1864
Journal article by James D. Lockett; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 22, 1998
Subjects: Lynching--History, Massacres--United States, Soldiers--Crimes against, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...that he could take the fort, he informed the forts commander, asking for...he needed to storm the fort, and if it contained...as in the case of Fort Pillow, he would readily employ...1982, December 28). "Fort Pillow revisited: New evidence...and wars of Gideon J. Pillows. Chapel Hill, North...
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The Contested Image of Nathan Bedford Forrest
Journal article by Court Carney; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 67, 2001
...the massacre of black troops at Fort Pillow during the Civil War, viewed Forrest...reiterated descriptions of the attack on Fort Pillow, concluding that Forrests "daring...concerned with the generals actions at Fort Pillow and, to a lesser extent, his...
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Flexing the Sable Arm: Emancipation, Black Troops, and Hard War
Journal article by James Paradis; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 97, 2007
...notorious of these episodes was the Fort Pillow Massacre in Tennessee. On April...retaliation for the reported massacre at Fort Pillow and maintained silence with regard...it again. Cries of "Remember Fort Pillow!" and "No Quarter!" began...
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Submitting to the "Shadow of Slavery": The Secession Crisis and Civil War in Alabama's Lawrence County
Journal article by Paul Horton; Civil War History, Vol. 44, 1998
Subjects: Lawrence County, Alabama--History, Secession--Alabama, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...help build the works at Forts Henry and Hindman as...there many were sent to Fort Pillow. The remainder of the...controversy surrounding Fort Pillow was settled by John Cimprich...Mainfort in "The Fort Pillow Massacre: A Statistical...Alabama and was captured at Fort Donelson. For evidence...
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magazine articles on: Fort Pillow  - 180 results

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Floating Junk Piles
Magazine article by Dana M. Wegner; Sea Classics, Vol. 36, April 2003
...condition did not last long. Fort Pillow had stood like a colossus...one 200-lb shell into the fort every half hour and the ironclads...dashed away to the safety of Fort Pillows guns. Both gunboats were easily...with the surrender of Fort Pillow and Memphis, the river was...
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Border States Focus on an Enduring Legacy
Magazine article by Shannon Hanson; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 91, May 2004
Subjects: American Civil War, Arkansas, Kentucky, Memorials & monuments, Missouri, Museums, Tennessee
...surrender in 1760. Partially reconstructed fort, visitor center, museum, guided tours. Fort Pillow State Historic Park Henning, (731) 738-5581. 1861 Confederate-built fort was site of April 1864 engagement. Visitor...
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Letters
Magazine article; The New Crisis, Vol. 106, March 1999
...interested in the short paragraph about Fort Pillow, page 32, article, "Black Soldier and the Civil War." The attack of Fort Pillow was a massacre of the U.S...implied. My great-uncle fought at Fort Pillow and as he lay wounded he was...
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Black, Blue and Gray: The Other Civil War; African-American Soldiers, Sailors and Spies Were the Unsung Heroes
Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 46, February 1991
Subjects: African American soldiers--History, Military history--Analysis, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...Memphis--massacred a predominantly Black group at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. LONG before Fort Pillow, and long before Shermans dagger thrusts...the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers at Fort Wagner in the Charleston, S.C., harbor. In...
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The Fiasco That Was Red River Squadron
Magazine article by Dana Wegner; Sea Classics, Vol. 40, May 2007
...Cricket, Mound City, Chillicothe, Fort Hindman, Lexington, Osage, and...presently, word was received that Fort Pillow, near Memphis, occupied by invalid...the tinclads Cricket, Juliet, and Fort Hindman, and the pump boats Champion...
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Fort Built, Defended by Blacks Tells of Their Valor
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 24, 2003
...Jacksonville, out to St. Louis and Fort Pillow, Tenn. Ive spoken at elementary...the site of a house within the fort itself, which he believes served as Wilds headquarters. The forts well-preserved bastions...indicate that during 1864, the fort was home to many slaves in the...
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Fort Donelson and the Flight of John B. Floyd
Newspaper article by Clarence D. Long III; The Washington Times, April 21, 2001
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S.
Fort Donelson and the flight of John...He was placed in command of Fort Donelson. But Floyd had little...Point. Floyd apparently reached Fort Donelson on Feb. 13, 1862...Buckner, through Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, and to make an effort at extrication...
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Merciless Murder of Defeated Yanks; Black Soldiers Especially Targeted
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 28, 2006
Subjects: Soldiers
...soldiers in an otherwise minor engagement at Fort Pillow, Tenn., overlooking the Mississippi River. Fort Pillow was located on the east bank of the...vulnerable to attack from the land side. Fort Pillow was occupied by the Federals in June...
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Mine Maneuver Explodes into Union Disaster
Newspaper article by Clarence D. Long III; The Washington Times, June 7, 1997
...a causeway between two Union forts in the Outer Banks in the Carolinas...could blow that "damned Rebel fort off the face of the earth...of the 54th Massachusetts at Fort Wagner the previous summer...would be killed, as in April at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi, or at best...
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Union's Top Officials Let Prisoners Suffer, Die
Newspaper article by Christian Dejohn; The Washington Times, May 25, 1996
...of the federal military prison at Fort Warren, Mass., reflected in his...Seven Days campaign in Virginia and at Fort Donelson in Tennessee, events forced...troopers would occur at the battles of Fort Pillow, Tenn.; the Crater near Petersburg...
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encyclopedia articles on: Fort Pillow  - 7 results

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1.
Fort Pillow
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FORT PILLOW fortification on the Mississippi River...fall of Island No. 10 to the north, the fort was occupied by Union troops on June 6...Gen. Nathan Forrest stormed and captured Fort Pillow on Apr. 12, 1864, killing many...
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Pillow, Fort
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PILLOW, FORT see Fort Pillow . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Pillow, Gideon Johnson
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PILLOW, GIDEON JOHNSON 1806 78, American general, b. Williamson co., Tenn...out he became a Confederate brigadier general. His conduct in escaping from Fort Donelson before the Confederate surrender caused the suspension of his command...
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Civil War , in U.S. History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...instructions, ordered the firing on Fort Sumter, hostilities officially...attacked along the coasts. The forts guarding New Orleans, the largest...Confederates to retire from their post Fort Henry on the Tennessee to their...Mississippi (see Island No. 10 ; Fort Pillow ), leading to the fall of Memphis...
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Davis, Charles Henry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...day he repulsed the attack of a Confederate fleet near Fort Pillow, and on June 6 he annihilated the Confederate fleet...77) of the Naval Observatory. For his victories at Fort Pillow and Memphis he was promoted to rear admiral in Feb...
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