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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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    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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    those of the Union ships, the Confederates withdrew, pursued by Benton and Carondelet. The bombardment of Fort Pillow resumed after the battle, and on...
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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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    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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  • 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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