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The Massacre at Fort Pillow, TN (April 12, 1864)
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Nathan Bedford Forrest (Captured Fort Pillow) 262 African-Americans 295 white Union soldiers. Ordered black soldiers murdered after they surrendered! [many white soldiers killed as well] Became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war. 262 African-Americans 295 white Union soldiers. Ordered black soldiers murdered after they surrendered! [many white soldiers killed as well] Became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war.
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Confederate Prison Camp at Point Lookout, MD Planned to hold 10,000 men. Had almost 50,000 at one time. Planned to hold 10,000 men. Had almost 50,000 at one time.
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Point Lookout Memorial of 4,000 Dead Rebel Prisoners
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Camp Douglas 6,000 died (20% of total) Food & blankets withheld Winter of 1864 1,091 died in 4 months alone Founded near Chicago in 1862, Camp Douglas is a forgotten piece of the horrors of Civil War
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Union Prison Camp at Andersonville, GA
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Original Andersonville Plan Planned to hold 10,000 men. Had over 32,000 at one time. Planned to hold 10,000 men. Had over 32,000 at one time.
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Distributing “Rations”
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Union “Survivors”
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Union Prisoner’s Record at Andersonville
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Burying Dead Union POWs
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Andersonville Cemetary
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