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Battle of Fort Pillow Massacre

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This page is to document the USCT black soldiers who were massacred by the Confederates after surrendering. 305 USCT were killed during this massacre.

Tabulation of Identified Union Troops
Bradford's
Battalion 		Other
White Staff 		6th U.S. Colored
Heavy Artillery		 2nd U.S.Colored
Light Artillery 		Total
Killed or missing 61 0 167 18 246
Died from wounds 21 0 10 0 31
Subtotal for dead 82 0 177 18 277
Wounded or sick survivors 39 1 25 5 70
Captured 149 2 39 12 202
Escaped 7 0 29 0 36
Subtotal for survivors 195 3 93 17 308
Grand total 277 3 270 35 585
[1]

109 USCT soldiers were moved from where they fell at Fort Pillow to the Memphis National Cemetery, [2]


Sources

  1. ↑ Cimprich, John; Mainfort, Robert C. "The Fort Pillow Massacre: A Statistical Note." The Journal of American History 76(3):830-837
  2. ↑ Thompson, Erin L. "At Fort Pillow, Confederates Massacred Black Soldiers After They Surrendered" Smithsonian Magazine April 10, 2023.




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A hand-colored 1892 print of the Battle of Fort Pillow
A hand-colored 1892 print of the Battle of Fort Pillow
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Graham-2838 Connie Graham
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R Cleveland
Is this the one where they died at the command of Nathan Bedford Forrest? if so he was notoriously brutal..Don't forget to look up things like battle reports, order books, service records, inspection reports, and muster rolls, There is even a book on him. Not sure if the mortality reports are included. Don't forget Fold 3.. which was the successor to our free national archives..
posted by R Cleveland

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