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River Run Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War
River Run Red The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War Author:Andrew Ward The fullest account ever written on the Civil War tragedy that stunned a nation — On April 12, 1864, 3,000 Confederate cavalrymen under General Nathan Bedford Forrest stormed the much smaller garrison of Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, slaughtering hundreds of white Unionists and re-enslaving some sixty former slaves in uniform. Andr... more »ew Ward vividly recounts, as never before, the horrors of guerrilla warfare and the pent-up bigotry and rage that found release that bloody April day, producing a detailed and complex portrait of an event that continues to spark controversy.« less