A congressional investigation resulted, but Forrest returned to civilian life and reputedly went on to found the KKK. ) details overwhelming evidence that many were killed while surrendering or wounded, and that the rebels slaughtered fleeing African-American civilians as well. Ward ( Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Jubilee Singers The ensuing attack left approximately two-thirds of the garrison dead or taken prisoner. The outnumbered garrison, containing an artillery regiment of 300 freed slaves and a cavalry regiment of 350 white Tennessee Unionists, asked for a truce but various errors on both sides led the Confederates to believe that the Union soldiers were refusing Forrest's call to surrender. This massive narrative painstakingly recounts the notorious-and much-disputed-massacre of the Union garrison at Fort Pillow, Tenn., by Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate cavalry on April 12, 1864.
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