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A Post to Honor the "Colored" Union Soldiers Who Died at Fort Pillow
The Roster of black and white Union Soldiers Forrest committed this criminal act against:
http://www.custermen.com/DixieBoys/FtPillowUSA.htm
At the link - The Survivors
Summary of Prisoners
Total Number of Prisoners: 226
The following summary of Casualties and Prisoners is taken from “Hancock’s Diary”, which uses “The Campaigns of General Nathan Forrest” as a resource:
Wounded transferred to Platte Valley: ~70 Officers and Men
Prisoners (unwounded) 7 Offices & 219 Enlisted Men (or 56 Blacks and 163 Whites = 226)
Escaped in a skiff : ~ 25 unknown
Total Survivors accounted for: 296 or about half the garrison.
Total Number of Prisoners: 226
The following summary of Casualties and Prisoners is taken from “Hancock’s Diary”, which uses “The Campaigns of General Nathan Forrest” as a resource:
Wounded transferred to Platte Valley: ~70 Officers and Men
Prisoners (unwounded) 7 Offices & 219 Enlisted Men (or 56 Blacks and 163 Whites = 226)
Escaped in a skiff : ~ 25 unknown
Total Survivors accounted for: 296 or about half the garrison.
The "footnote"in History -
http://www.blackpast.org/aah/fort-pillow-massacre-1864
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Could you please add this to the Black History thread at the top of this forum?
Muchas gracias! 
