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Site of memory · The American Civil War, 1861–1865
Fort Pillow
12 Apr 1864 — Confederate troops under Forrest massacre surrendering soldiers, most of them Black, after the fort has fallen — perhaps 200 dead. Named here soberly for what it was: the war’s racial hatred, armed. “Remember Fort Pillow” became the cry of Black regiments.
This is one scene of Chapter 8 — Hard War in The American Civil War, 1861–1865.
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