. 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 . THE MSSHO Of TUB WAB.—VABIOUS THE NEGHO IN TUE WAE.—VABIODS E^^Pl,0^n5^Ty OF THE COLORED MEN uii iiU } iiiSilf. io8 who were maddcncl by the sight of negro troopa oppoaijig tliem. It iw tobe remarked, too. Hint tlie Yankeeaand npgroGs at Fort Pillow iiegluciadto haal down their flag. In trath
. 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 . THE MSSHO Of TUB WAB.—VABIOUS THE NEGHO IN TUE WAE.—VABIODS E^^Pl,0^n5^Ty OF THE COLORED MEN uii iiU } iiiSilf. io8 who were maddcncl by the sight of negro troopa oppoaijig tliem. It iw tobe remarked, too. Hint tlie Yankeeaand npgroGs at Fort Pillow iiegluciadto haal down their flag. In trath,relying upon their gunboats, thsYankee officers expected to unni-hilato our forcca after we liad en-tered the fortificntionH. They didnot intend to surrender at the firstfire. Aitor Forrests men ecaled thewalls, many of the negroes threwdown their arms, and fell as if theywere dead. They portiihed in thepretense, or could only be reatoredat the point of the biiyonet. To ro-BUBcitato somo of thorn, more ter-riTied than 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., JlajorBradfor
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