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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...
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    Fort Pillow State Historic Park is a state park in western Tennessee that preserves the American Civil War site of the Battle of Fort Pillow. The 1,642...
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  • Fort Pillow may refer to: Fort Pillow State Historic Park, Tennessee, U.S. Battle of Fort Pillow, 1864 Fort Pillow naval battle, 1862 Cold Creek Correctional...
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    service. The battle was a Confederate victory, but with little long-term benefit. The bombardment of Fort Pillow resumed after the battle with altered...
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    Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Tennessee, the site of the controversial 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow, was constructed by and named for Pillow....
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    banks of the Mississippi River. Golddust is one of the earliest European-American settlements in Lauderdale County. In 1864, the Battle of Fort Pillow was...
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    the cry, "Remember Fort Pillow!" to rally during the remainder of the war. Fort Pillow State Park has a museum to interpret the battle and also has reconstructed...
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    The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11–16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union capture of the Confederate...
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  • Lionel F. Booth (category Year of birth unknown)
    post commander. He was killed in action on April 12, 1864 at the Battle of Fort Pillow. Although it is unknown what led Lanning to use an alias, aliases...
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  • Memphis Battery Light Artillery (African Descent) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion)
    official report on the Battle of Fort Pillow identified only one soldier of the section of 40 men as a survivor. However, a review of individual service records...
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    Nathan Bedford Forrest (category Perpetrators of American Civil War prisoner of war massacres)
    "one of the bleakest, saddest events of American military history", troops under Forrest's command at the Battle of Fort Pillow massacred hundreds of surrendered...
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  • 11th United States Colored Infantry Regiment (New) (category Artillery units and formations of the American Civil War)
    Heavy Artillery. Under the leadership of Major Lionel Booth, the regiment fought at the Battle of Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864. The regiment then became...
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  • Catharine (Tennessee) (category African-American history of Tennessee)
    unsigned anti-Forrest newspaper article that appeared in the wake of the Battle of Fort Pillow, but there are two, possibly three, other sources that may at...
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    The battle cry for some black soldiers became "Remember Fort Pillow!" Six weeks later, Black troops won a notable victory in their first battle of the...
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  • economic of human life to adopt and vigorously enforce such measures wherever the bushwhackers have more friends than the government. Battle of Fort Pillow, a...
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    Forrest's Cavalry Corps (category Corps of the Confederate States Army)
    TN, on March 24; Battle of Paducah (Fort Anderson), Kentucky, on March 24; and Battle of Fort Pillow (also known as the Fort Pillow massacre) on April...
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    Chickasaw Bluff (category Cliffs of Tennessee)
    The Battle of Fort Pillow was fought from the First Chickasaw Bluff. The battlefield is preserved as Fort Pillow State Historic Park. The town of Randolph...
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  • Cyrus (T.I.) enlist in the Union Army. They participate in the Battle of Fort Pillow, and watch horrified when surrendering Black Union soldiers are...
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    known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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  • itself is modeled on the story of Otto Witte. Fort Pillow (2006): A historical novel detailing the Battle of Fort Pillow. "Under Saint Peter's" (2007):...
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  • The Battle of Wilson's Wharf (also called the Battle of Fort Pocahontas) was a battle in Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate...
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    rifled artillery. At least one of these has been found at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, the site of the 1864 Battle of Fort Pillow during the American Civil War...
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  • Pillow Battle of Poison Spring Battle of Saltville I Battle of Saltville II Battle of Fort Tularosa Battle of Fort Walker Battle of Negro Fort Battle...
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    Henning, Tennessee (category Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians)
    businessman and railway official William H. Henning. The infamous Battle of Fort Pillow, a Civil War victory for the Confederates, took place near Henning...
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  • demolish his pillow fort to make way for Troy's blanket fort, but Abed declines the ultimatum, and at midnight, members of Blanketsburg attack a fort made by...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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    introduction of newer and more powerful naval artillery. The first shots of the naval war were fired on April 12, 1861, during the Battle of Fort Sumter, by...
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    a position on the Mississippi River in battle. The river was now open to the Union Navy as far as Fort Pillow, a short distance above Memphis. Only three...
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    the Battle of Fort Donelson of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization, and the reports. The Union order of battle is...
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    City-class ironclad (category Ironclad warships of the Union Navy)
    unprotected. An additional 47 tons (43 tonnes) of armor was put on following the battle of Fort Pillow. At the same time, protection against ramming was...
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