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Battle of Fort Pillow

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Confederate forces easily defeated the US garrison in the fort's outer perimeter, and Forrest sent the fort's commander, Major William Bradford (though he thought he was speaking with Major Lionel F. Booth, a misconception which Bradford used to his advantage) an offer to receive the garrison as prisoners of war if they surrendered, as their situation had clearly become hopeless. Forrest, realizing that the battlefield was untenable, abandoned Fort Pillow the next day after allowing two gunboats from the U.S. Navy to evacuate Union survivors. 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 black troops, some while 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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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 black troops, some while 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." Confederate forces easily defeated the US garrison in the fort's outer perimeter, and Forrest sent the fort's commander, Major William Bradford (though he thought he was speaking with Major Lionel F. Booth, a misconception which Bradford used to his advantage) an offer to receive the garrison as prisoners of war if they surrendered, as their situation had clearly become hopeless. Bradford, expecting reinforcements, stalled Forrest for as long as possible before finally refusing to surrender. (During the ceasefire called for Bradford's and Forrest's correspondence, the reinforcements had arrived by gunboat but found that Forrest's men had positioned themselves in such a way that left the Union forces unable to land, possibly in violation of the rules of warfare.) Forrest threatened that he would not answer for the conduct of his troops in that case. When Confederate forces breached the fort's inner perimeter and drove Union forces down to the banks of the Mississippi River, where they drove the New Era away right when it could have become truly useful. As their situation became hopeless, many of the Union soldiers, Tennessee Tories and United States Colored Troops, attempted to surrender. Some succeeded, others were massacred. Many more fought to the death. And after the battle, many survivors were massacred by Confederate forces. Forrest, realizing that the battlefield was untenable, abandoned Fort Pillow the next day after allowing two gunboats from the U.S. Navy to evacuate Union survivors.

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