The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-04-24
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sss::ss:;::sa Fort Pillow Massacre"
.ss Il yths:die hard, but the alleged aFort
illoa massacre receives Q blow in the
Nashville Round Table Of March 8, that
sslauat ID pgoves absolutely fatal-in the
.lnliinds,satsS least, Of persons not wholly
#simpefdo ops to factss sss
Rolitieians during the war, and Re.
psltisans since, have vepersistentlys
8 charged General Forrest and General
!. ghalmels, his subordinate, with having
ssss;massscredS the garrison sofs Fort Pillow
atseE surrender and while prisoners of
Charles: w. Anderson, for-
n3srk adjuaans and Inspector general Of
ss(Genssals Forests cavalry, corps, the only
efaoers present with Forrest at the
:stefning Of the fort; shows in the .Round.
9a5zs that therss swasnoE massacre; that;
The fort Ras not. urrendereda though its.
surrende der-East thrices demanded and re-
fused and that tbesloss Of. Life during the
HHftesn minutes! Of action was due to the.
tosst iincapacity Of: the commanding Off.
ors:p lloaf: was q fortified position on
nRoVeslo boxing the Mississippi river.
si;tss Ssaf ! Was d deep rayine, which
sssSeId :bes swept by the guns of the New
. vessel which lay abreast to the
menths the rayine, below the fort.
siigher;np:th the stream and near the fort
were he empty bargeg ready 10 receive
ssthe garrison II case of need.
here was an understanding, it is
sshoan; between Major Bradford, the.
commanda sof the fort, and Captain
IarahaH, Of the New Era, that, if driven
fort by the Confederates, the
garrison should take refuge under the;
where itEwould be effectually pro.
tsscteds By the New sEra's canister. Am.
lnumt ton was placed under the bluff in
vsadiness for use by hegarrison in case
ssWyoylEs aboYes could not be held. A
s. lnMca1c alton as to gritithe captain Of,
NeWs Era spoiled this plan Of the de-
Tense. 5..s.s=
General Forrest s first operation was to;
d3rige the en- Era from its position
s commanding the ravine across which the.
ssgo onfaderates were to advance. This he.
ELECTED by placing two; pieces Of artil.
asrY on:she bluff below the ravine. The
sderate lire was then, under q heavy
81 elosed in rapidly yEaround the works..
:SIsYin saounde aSbngle call for q truce
and as sIpisirl ley, General Forrest nov sent
white flag to demand the un-
condi itional surrender Of all the troops at
PILLOW, He knew = says Adjutant
Anderson that the. place was practical
BIZ; possession, IS the enemy could
not dspress their artillery $50 as to rake,
ttae eslopes around the fort, and the con.
ssstants fire ofour sharpsho oters forced the
bssieggsd f.: keep down behind their par
sapetts Fhe. demand was renewed twice,
jected, ,in the; belief that the Fed
ssraE commander must see the folly of re-
ssssisting under, the circumstances q force
much larger than his; own.
Major Bradford. however, relying upon
ss ii arrangement with Captain Marshall
for tection under the bluff when the.
Was; sken,, refused all offers: Mean.
the sight Of three IS steamers I ascend:
the river. with; re= =int torcements led
zs General s. Forrest TO place q force OF 100
rifsnlens hndefs AdjutantY Anderson in q
position on the face Of the bluff. This
sSffeTceS not Sonly served to prevent the
ssroo pssonsthes ss ) steamers from efecting q
IandSng Shn tbeihg ., within . sixty yards Of
ihs South atsance upon which Major
ford relied - s...--,...>.
TBS 8 was e the situation when General
E0Erest; gave his men the signal to assault
the tort At once the yells all along the
Sfl line of charging Confederates, followed;
.sss sbv terrific discharge of the batteries
ind small arms Of the garrison. a few
;s noments asei $ aportion ofsthe garrison