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100 1 _aUnited States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
245 1 0 _aReports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War :
_bFort Pillow Massacre. Returned Prisoners.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2013-01-06
508 _aProduced 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)
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
653 _aFort Pillow, Battle of, Tenn., 1864
700 1 _aGooch, Daniel W.
_q(Daniel Wheelwright),
_d1820-1891
700 1 _aWade, B. F.
_q(Benjamin Franklin),
_d1800-1878
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41787
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