skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

Preferred term

fort pillow massacre  

Definition(s)

  • Fort Pillow was constructed by the Confederates in 1861, as part of the Mississippi River defenses designed to protect Memphis, Tennessee. But the Confederates evacuated the post, located on a bluff 40 miles north of Memphis, in June 1862. [Source: Encyclopedia of War & American Society; Fort Pillow Massacre]

Broader concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-HSQFM4P5-7

Download this concept: