Fort Pillow

About the first of July we were ordered to Fort Pillow, which is by land fourteen miles above, on the same side of the river.

Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South William G. Stevenson

The war may have been a chivalrous contest for some combatants, but not for the Rebels who shot surrendering blacks at Fort Pillow, Tenn., or the blacks who murdered wounded Confederates at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark.

Black soldiers waged wars on two fronts 2011

He is notorious for ordering the massacre of African-American Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn., in 1864 and as an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

Robert S. McElvaine: Haley Barbour Endorses Union Victory in the Civil War Robert S. McElvaine 2011

He is notorious for ordering the massacre of African-American Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn., in 1864 and as an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

Robert S. McElvaine: Haley Barbour Endorses Union Victory in the Civil War Robert S. McElvaine 2011

He is notorious for ordering the massacre of African-American Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn., in 1864 and as an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

Robert S. McElvaine: Haley Barbour Endorses Union Victory in the Civil War Robert S. McElvaine 2011

But the general's "negatives are far greater," in that he was an early and influential leader in the Klan and led Confederate forces at the 1864 massacre of black union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn., said Robert McElvaine, director of the history department at Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss.

Confederate General Stirs License-Plate Flap Jennifer Levitz 2011

During the Civil War, General Forrest had many noted moments including the Fort Pillow massacre of black soldiers who had laid down their guns.

Burns Strider: License Plates, Heritage and Fellow Mississippians Burns Strider 2011

The state division suggests a plate for Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest — controversial because Forrest was the Ku Klux Klan's first Grand Wizard and was involved in the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn.

Confederate group fights for state specialty plates 2011

During the Civil War, General Forrest had many noted moments including the Fort Pillow massacre of black soldiers who had laid down their guns.

Burns Strider: License Plates, Heritage and Fellow Mississippians Burns Strider 2011

The state division suggests a plate for Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest — controversial because Forrest was the Ku Klux Klan's first Grand Wizard and was involved in the 1864 massacre of black Union troops at Fort Pillow, Tenn.

Confederate group fights for state specialty plates 2011