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At the end of 1863, Confederate cavalry innovator Nathan Bedford Forrest started operations in western Tennessee with a little unit, but he were able to recruit thousands of volunteers, including a number of veteran soldiers, and he whipped them into condition so these were fight ready before their first confrontation. Upon ability to hear of Forrest's growing aptitude for adaptive warfare, Standard Sherman published to Union commander in chief Henry Halleck that men like Forrest were "men that must all be killed or utilized by us before we can expect peace. They have no property or future, and for that reason cannot be affected by anything except personal considerations". Sherman repeatedly bought his Memphis commanders to get "that devil Forrest", essentially placing a bounty on his brain. As far as skirmishes go, Fort Pillow was a totally unremarkable struggle. Before attacking, Forrest demanded the unconditional surrender of the Union garrison, a standard custom of his, and he warned the Union commanding officer that he'd not be responsible for his soldiers' activities if the caution travelled unheeded. What made Fort Pillow markedly different was that a sizable amount of the Union garrison defending the Fort was comprised of black soldiers, which especially enraged Confederate soldiers whenever they experienced those they seen as former slaves in the field. It is still unclear exactly how the fighting unfolded, but what is clear is that an unusually raised percentage of Union soldiers were killed, and the Confederates were accused of massacring black soldiers once they had surrendered. Main sources notify conflicting accounts of what took place at Challenge of Fort Pillow, giving scholars to patch together the fight and determine whether Confederate soldiers purposely shot Union soldiers once they possessed surrendered. The Fort Pillow Massacre: THE ANNALS and Legacy of the Civil War's Most Notorious Challenge chronicles the history of the Civil War's most infamous massacre.

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