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Chapter 11: The Civil War

... moved his large army • Came upon small number of Confederates at Yorktown, but delayed attack to ask for more troops • Lincoln denied and advised him to act now, he did not • May 31 Confederates turned and attacked the Union forces divided by a river • No winners, heavy losses on both sides • Lincol ...
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Battle of Fort Pillow



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 Federal troops (most of them African American) 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.""
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