On this day in 1864, the Fort Pillow Massacre took place when 2,500 Confederate cavalry members attacked the fort held by less than 700 Union soldiers.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today April 12, 2023 APRIL 12, 1864 The Fort Pillow Massacre took place when 2,500 members of a Confederate cavalry attacked the fort held by less than 700 Union soldiers. Confederate Gen. Nathaniel Bedford Forrest led the attack on the fort, about 40 miles north of Memphis, Tennessee, but the Union leader, Maj. William F. Bradford refused to surrender. Confederates overran the fort, killing as many as 300 Union soldiers, most of them Black.
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