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Fort Pillow State Park

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Fort Pillow State Park
Fort Pillow State Park
Fort Pillow State Park
Fort Pillow State Park
Fort Pillow State Park
Fort Pillow State Park
Fort Pillow State Park
Fort Pillow State Park
Fort Pillow State Park
Fort Pillow State Park
Phone:
+1 731-738-5581

Address:
3122 Park Rd, Henning, TN 38041-5210

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 a massacre of African-American Union troops and their white officers attempting to surrender, by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Military historian David J. Eicher concluded, Fort Pillow marked one of the bleakest, saddest events of American military history.Fort Pillow became the most controversial battle of the war. That a massacre occurred is not the issue; one did. The question is whether General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the commander, ordered the massacre , knew of but did nothing to halt or even encouraged the massacre, or, as Forrest later alleged, had nothing to do with the spontaneous action of soldiers enraged at seeing former slaves fighting them with guns. The Fort Pillow massacre became a major political issue in the North, and increased support for the war.
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