. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . han the rest, they were rolledinto the trenches mnde as rcooptaclcrfor the liiUen. The Bconea that followed the cap-ture of Fort Pillow bcciimo the sub-ject of a Gongresaionul investigation,dnring wliicli one of Forrests menleatiGed that, while being led a pris-oner toward Jackson, Tenn., JlajorBradford was one day
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . han the rest, they were rolledinto the trenches mnde as rcooptaclcrfor the liiUen. The Bconea that followed the cap-ture of Fort Pillow bcciimo the sub-ject of a Gongresaionul investigation,dnring wliicli one of Forrests menleatiGed that, while being led a pris-oner toward Jackson, Tenn., JlajorBradford was one day taken somedistance from the line of march anddeliberately shot down. From Fort Pillow, General Biifoidwas BQiit to Cohimhua, und upon hiaarrival there isaned the follow ingsummons: ■ IlEADQDAnTEUS \ - nEfOKE CoLUJinup. Kv., April 1 llli IBM.■ Tw Gut CrnnmanAcr of Oic- U f FbreaCalitmbat, Kg,•• Fully cnpnblo ot (akin;; Columlius loulill garrison by force, I ilmiru Ui uon! iiliwlding blood. I llierrjforc Ocmnnd tin uncoudllional surrcadtT oC tliu forces urdtr jourcommand. Should you surruiidtr llio nogrocs now In uriiLi will bo returned lo Hicirmn-slers. Sliould I Ixi lo lake tbooluco by force, no quurltr will be aliown T//£ SOLD/^R IN OUR CIVIL TaOMAS E. G. RANSOM. ncgio troops what*vcr ; whito troops wOl beIrfi^tcd US prUonera of wur. Brigailier-gaieT^iL The BDirender was refused, andGeneral Buford retired without mak-ing any attack. Ho eoon joinedForrest, and the two rapidly retreatedinto ^fissi^ippi upon hearing that aforce of about 12,000 men under Gen-eral S. D. Sturgis had been ordered tointcrce|it them. Sturgis was too late, however, forby the time he left Bolivar, on the30th of April, the Coiifederates hadalready crossed Wolf Kivur. But someweeks later he slnrtodagain for JtcmpliiB,upon learning thrit Forrest wna get-ting logethor the largest force Iwhad e\or commanded. This time Sturgis was accompaniedhv Gnersou, and by nearly tlio wholeo
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