The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-05-10

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Report of the Congressional Commit
Tee on the Fort Pillow Massacre
The report q tie members q ihC
Congressional committee who were
sent to Fort Pillow 10 investigate
matters relating % the alleged bar
bariiies Of tie febels after the capture
ii that place, bias been published
and, as was expected, il confirms 70
their foll extent the stories tlai have
been given to the eouniry by pr Faie
individuals.
lie, every man impress upon has
mind the horrors Of that occasion.
Children not ien years Of ase were
compelled 10 stand up and face their
murderers, willie they took aim and
fred. The sick and wounded were
either murdered ~ their beds or
dragged without the doors Of the hos.
pital to be hacked with sabres and
bayoneis. White and black soldiers
were gathered together IN groups tha'
they might be shoi down with less IN
convenience. Some Of The rebels stood
upon the top Of The bill, aud calling
upon our men 10 come TO them, shot
them down as they assembled. One
rebel officer told a negro soldier TO
hold his horse for him AID wien be
Lad mounted shot him dead. Men
who we're only wounded by The. frsl
fire we're held up 10. be despatched BY
another yoIley. A mere child who
Lad been placed BY rebel officer be-
Lind him upon bis horse, was obsery-
ed BY Gen. Chalmers, who rode up
aud ordered the officer 10 put him
dtwn and shoot him. Huts aud tents
which sheltered wounded men 70 weak
10 walk were set on fire, while Cons
federaie soldiers stood around The doors
and beat cut The brains oftheir victims
as they crawled from the flames. One
was fastened 10 the floor u n tent
face upwards by mailing his clothing
10 the boards and burned To ashes
with the tent above him. Another
was nailel to The side Of burning
Duliamg ana Ielt 10 his laie. Aiier al
least two hundred persons had thus
been Slaughtered, darkness put an end
10 the work but early the next morn
ing the rtbels were carefully. exam
lining the piles Of dead and peering into
all the corners in search Of any VIC
Tins y ho might have escaped the mas
sacrc OF the previous night. No heat
Of blood about this, but the malice Of
devils. And on this day Maj. Brad.
ford, The captured commander, was
shol by bis guards--shol while asking
that his lie might be spared because
be had fought them manfully and de-
served better fate. He was shot
because he was a southern man, and
stood by the Gag under which he was
reared when his companioss turned
against il.
And there are men at the North
who still look upon the South as the
seat of true civilization and the home
Of NIL manly qualities, and who find
apologies for even this massacre ard
the English press still sound the
praises Of the gallant Confederaies.
Tie sacking Of Lawreuce-ihe hor-
rors Of Libby and Belle Island--the
massacre Of Fort Pillow--these are
all remembered by the two hundred
thousand men who are bow marching
ION 10 Richmond"