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FORT PILLOW MASSACRE APRIL 12 1864 GEORGETOWN D.C. CANCEL,SOLDIER'S ENVELOPE
FORT PILLOW MASSACRE APRIL 12 1864 GEORGETOWN D.C. CANCEL,SOLDIER'S ENVELOPE

FORT PILLOW MASSACRE APRIL 12 1864 GEORGETOWN D.C. CANCEL,SOLDIER'S ENVELOPE

$ 34.32

Availability: 12 in stock
  • Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Fort Pillow Massacre, Battle: General Nathan Bedford Forrest
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Featured Refinements: Civil War Envelope, Georgetown D.C.
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    To Hiram G. Shaw  South Otselic   Chenango Co., N.Y.
    Some soldiers had pre-printed envelopes with their home address
    for sending their letters.
    there is no letter with this lot.
    MAILED ON THE DAY OF THE FORT PILLOW MASSACRE April 12 1864.
    Georgetown D.C. to South Otselic, Chenango County NY to Mr. Hiram Shaw
    (In the Western Theater, Confederates under Nathan Bedford Forrest
    on a raiding expedition against Federal operations in Tennessee and
    Kentucky, surrounded Fort Pillow on the Mississippi in Tennessee....
    Known as The Fort Pillow Massacre of Union troops, a large number
    were slaughtered when attempting to surrender.... many were Black)
    add .00 for 1st class/Insured to U.S....
    Battle of Fort Pillow
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    Battle of Fort Pillow
    Part of the
    American Civil War
    Caption in
    Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
    (New York), May 7, 1864, "The war in Tennessee: Confederate massacre of black Union troops after the surrender at Fort Pillow, April 12, 1864"
    Date
    April 12, 1864
    Location
    Lauderdale County, Tennessee
    Result
    Confederate
    victory
    Belligerents
    United States
    (
    Union
    )
    Confederate States
    Commanders and leaders
    Lionel F. Booth
    †
    William F. Bradford
    †
    Nathan Bedford Forrest
    James R. Chalmers
    Units involved
    Fort Pillow
    garrison
    6th U.S. Artillery (C)
    Bradford's Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry
    Battery D, 2nd U.S. Artillery (C)
    1st Division,
    Forrest's Cavalry Corps
    Strength
    600
    1,500–2,500
    Casualties and losses
    221 killed, 130 wounded
    [1]
    100 total
    14 killed
    86 wounded
    [2]
    Location within Tennessee
    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
    , during the
    American Civil War
    . The battle ended with a
    massacre
    of
    Union
    soldiers (many of them
    African Americans
    ) attempting to surrender, by soldiers under the command of
    Confederate
    Major General
    Nathan Bedford Forrest
    .
    Military historian
    David J. Eicher
    concluded: "Fort Pillow marked one of the
    "Fort Pillow marked one of the bleakest, saddest events of
    American
    military history."