Fort Pillow
, historic site, fortification on the Mississippi
R., N of Memphis, Tenn.; built by Confederate Gen. Gideon Pillow in
1862. Evacuated by the Confederates after the fall of Island No. 10 to
the N, the fort was occupied by Union troops on June 6, 1862.
Confederate Gen. Nathan Forrest stormed and captured Fort Pillow on
April 12, 1864, killing many Afr.-Amer. defenders. Often called
the Fort Pillow Massacre, it became one of the greatest atrocity
stories of the Civil War.
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