Fort Pillow Massacre (1864)

The Fort Pillow Massacre in Tennessee on April 12, 1864, in which more than 300 African-American soldiers were killed, was one of the most controversial events of the American Civil War (1861-65). Though most of the Union garrison surrendered, and thus should have been taken as prisoners of war, the soldiers were killed. The Confederate refusal to treat these troops as traditional prisoners of war infuriated the North, and led to the Union’s refusal to participate in prisoner exchanges.

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Union survivors’ accounts, later supported by a federal investigation, concluded that African-American troops were massacred by Forrest’s men after surrendering. Southern accounts disputed these findings, and controversy over the battle continues today.

The Fort Pillow site is now a Tennessee state park.

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/fort-pillow-massacre

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They surrendered, one hundred and fifty three years ago today. They were massacred anyway. What does that remind you of one hundred and fifty three years later? Wait let me think, oh yes...this.











Not much has changed after all these years. Not much at all. Hands up. Don't Shoot. I surrender. One hundred and fifty three years later, stilling dying.