Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-04-30

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lHoRRIBIE pUTcHrRy or NEGRO SOLDIERS.
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The rebel General Forrest, with Eve or sis
thousand cavalry, and slx pieces oi artillery. at
tackled Fort Pillow. on the Mississippi lriyer
above Memphis. On Wednesday morning pri
18th. Soon after the attack Forrest sent aaa
oftruce demanding the surrender ofthe fort apd
garrison. meanwhile dispcsing his force SO nste
gain the advantage. Our forces were pndrr
command Of Major Booth The 18th Tetnes
see ~ s Heavy Artillery. formerly oflhe IL
Alabama Cavalry. An accouat says:
The flag oftruce was refused, and fgh,.
log resumed Aftetward second lag cams
Ia, which was also refused Both Gag.
geve the Rebels the advantage OF gainios
new petitions. The hattie Wa, kent up un
tilSP NJ, when Major Booth vas kille,
and M jr Brsd'or Iook command. Tn,
Rebels uow came in swarms over our troops
compelling them to surrender. Immediate 4
ly upon the surlehder ensued scene which
utterly befties description Up to thai
zine comparatively few of our meu had been
killed; bu, insatiate es fends. blood hirsty
ss devils iucarna,e, the Confsdefaies cOn
menced an indiscriminate hutcheFy Of Viii cs
and blacks. including those of both eolo5s
who had been pfevicusiv wound-a
The blacks soldiers. beeominr demoral.
lied. rushed 20 the rear The White fseers
having thrcwnsedovu their arms. Bo d
white aud black were bayoneled, sbo OF
sIbered. Even dead bodies wee horribly
mu,ils ed, aud children Of 7 and s year,
and several negro women killed in cold
blood Soldiers unable to speak frup
wounds we. e shot dead, AID Il cir bod e.
rolled dowa the banks into lbe river. T.
dead AID wouaded negroes we're piled in
heaps and burned. and several citizens who
had Joined our forces for protection were
killed or wounded Oat OF the garrison Of
6oo, but 200 remained alive.
among oar DEAD Ulcers afe Capt Brad
,osu' 1ea' Da'r ASersorom, W hSon,
mese, ana Msjor Booih, all OF tue Is b
Lyon 18Th Tenuesse Cavalry nnd Cn,
Young, 24lh Missouri Actinp Provosi
Marshal. were taken nrisonsrs Mo
Bradford was also cap,ufed bni il ssid T.,
have escaped; it is feared, tos eser that be
has been killed.
The steamer Platte VslIevs from MIN
phis, came Up at 81 O'clock and was hailed
hy the Rebels. Under asc c.of trpca men
were sent ashore 10 bury the dead ana toke
aboard such of the wounded ~ the ere,ny
had allowed to live. Fiftv seven. ,ysra -,
ken aboard. Including seyen or ei,b, cnIor.
ed. Eight died on fhe wav nm Tn
steamer reached Cairo Wedne. .dav evooing
end was Immediately sent 10 tie Moond
City Hospital to discbarpe her soF.riog
cargo Six guns we're captured by The
Rebels aud carried of including two 10
pouod Parrots and two IL pound hov zers
A largo amount Of stores was DESTROYED or
carried away.
A correspondent oftbe 81 1oo;s Y,,;o, ubo
was aboard the staame, p,o,,o w. 49,.
The fallow;,s annoll;,o de.o,in,;..o ~, e.
;ebaess of the rshs,. ,S,sr ,ba - .ae -
-. '' VAC s'''e"0e' Oh tne
Many Of our wounded we're shot in the
hospitals, and the remainder were driven
out and the hospital burned. The morning
otter the battle the rebels went over the
field and shot oil the nsgroes who had uol
died OF previous wounds. Many OF those
w udu tScdp6U IiOui lDe WOrks ana hos
pitfalls y ho desired to he treated as prison
ers of war, as the retels said. were order
ed to fall into line, when they we're iuhu-
manly shot down OF 800 colored troop,
not more than 6fty-six escaped massacre.
and not one officer that commanded D eyi.
ous- Only four officers of the 18Th Tenne
see escaped death. Their loss MAS so XII
ed. and the remainder was either wouadea
or captured. ~
Two negro soldiers who we're wounded
at Fort Pillow. were buried by he retele.
but afterwards worked them elves oat OF
tbeir graves aud were among those thu
came up on tine Platte Valley They are
now In hospital Three other negroes
we're burned alive by the rebels, making
nse IN all; ell OF them were wounded
Ihey were forced TO help dig pits, aud
were then thrown in aud covered up
Several guns were captured by Forrest
at Fort fhiow, which were spiked before
faliIog into bis hands. and others were
armed upon gunboat number I, which |
rom exhaustion of aumaHtion. was CON
'ei ca 70 w,nafa~ SAphensh .in-ciad she
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