Fort Pillow Attack


THE GRAND FABRICATION

It is almost as difficult to find consistent information about
the incident at Fort Pillow as it is to determine the moral
significance of its outcome. Scholars disagree about exactly
what transpired on April 12, 1864 at Fort Pillow, when General
Nathan Bedford Forrest captured the fort with his 1,500 troops
and claimed numerous Union lives in the process (Wyeth 250). It
became an issue of propaganda for the Union, and as a result the
facts were grossly distorted. After close examination it is clear
that the ¦Fort Pillow Massacre_ (as it became known by
abolitionists) was nothing of the sort. The 1,500 troops under
the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest acted as men and as
soldiers in their capture of Fort Pillow.

It is first necessary to understand what happened in the battle
before any judgment can be made. A careful study performed by Dr.
John Wyeth revealed the following......

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