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fort pillow massacre  

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  • 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]

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

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