02581cam a22003373u 4500 41787 UtSlPG 20260610133945.0 m cr n 260607r2013||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 E456 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War : Fort Pillow Massacre. Returned Prisoners. Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2013 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2013-01-06 Produced by David Edwards, Steve Klynsma and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War" is a historical account likely written during the mid-19th century. This document provides an examination of the events surrounding the Fort Pillow Massacre, wherein Union troops, including a significant number of Black soldiers, were brutally attacked by Confederate forces after surrendering. The report seeks to investigate the circumstances leading to the event and the policies that allowed such atrocities. The opening of the report outlines the congressional directive to investigate the alleged massacre at Fort Pillow, emphasizing the insistence on understanding the facts of the event. It details the appointment of a subcommittee to gather testimony and highlights evidence that the actions taken against the surrendered troops were not spontaneous but rather the result of a deliberate policy. The document describes the horrific nature of the violence inflicted upon the soldiers, including indiscriminate killings and brutal treatment, as illustrated by eyewitness accounts of survivors, thereby setting the foundation for a thorough inquiry into the conduct of the war and wartime policies regarding captured soldiers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Fort Pillow, Battle of, Tenn., 1864 Gooch, Daniel W. (Daniel Wheelwright), 1820-1891 Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1800-1878 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41787 82626 82626