<I>The Fort Pillow Massacre</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1892
name: label: Created by
content: Kurz & Allison, American, founded 1880
notes: label: Description
content: A chromolithographic print depicting the massacre at Fort Pillow, with General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate troops using rifles, knives and bayonets to attack the surrendering Federal force along with unarmed African American men, women and children. The Confederate troops are pictured holding a Confederate flag at center, advancing on victims along the banks of the Mississippi River. The battle continues on the bluffs in the background, where Confederate troops are firing upon Union forces under a white flag.
label: Description
content: Printed along the bottom margin of the print is text reading: [April 12' 1864, UNION: (MAJ. BOOTH, COM.) COLORED T. 262 (MAJ. BRADFORD) W. T. 276 & CIV., 350 K, 60 W & 164 MIS., CONF: (GEN. FORREST) 20 K & 60 W].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Fort Pillow, Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
label: Topic
content: United States Colored Troops
label: Topic
content: Violence
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.172.22
objectType: label: Type
content: chromolithographs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lithographic ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19 5/16 x 25 7/8 in. (49.1 x 65.7 cm)