Named Entity Results, Fort Pillow (Tennessee, United States)

The capture of Fort Pillow. The following official dispatch with reference to the capture of Fort Pillow, sixty miles above Memphis, was received at the General's office last night: Demopolis Ala., April 19. To Gen. S. Cooper: The following dispatch has just been received from Gen. Forrest, dated Jackson, Tenn., Fort Pillow, sixty miles above Memphis, was received at the General's office last night: Demopolis Ala., April 19. To Gen. S. Cooper: The following dispatch has just been received from Gen. Forrest, dated Jackson, Tenn., April 15th. L. Polk, Lieutenant General. "I attacked Fort Pillow on the morning of the 12th inst., with a part of Bell's and McCulloch's brigades, numbering--, under Brig. Gen. J. R. Chalmers. After a short fight we drove the enemy, seven hundred strong, into the for, under cover of their gunboats, and demanded a surFort Pillow on the morning of the 12th inst., with a part of Bell's and McCulloch's brigades, numbering--, under Brig. Gen. J. R. Chalmers. After a short fight we drove the enemy, seven hundred strong, into the for, under cover of their gunboats, and demanded a surrender, which was declined by Major L. W. Booth, commanding U. S. Forces. I stormed the fort, and after a contest of thirty minutes captured the entire garrison, killing five hundred and taking one hundred prisoners, and a large and just of quartermaster stores. --The officers in the fort were killed, including Major Booth. I sus

e Federal forces stationed there. Col. Hicks, in command of the fort, had been summoned to surrender, but declined to accede to the demand. The capture of Fort Pillow. A telegram, dated Cairo, April 14, gives the following version of the capture of Fort Pillow, sixty miles above Memphis: Forrest, with 6,000 men, attFort Pillow, sixty miles above Memphis: Forrest, with 6,000 men, attacked Fort Pillow Tuesday morning. Soon after the attack, Forrest sent a flag of truce demanding a surrender of the fort and garrison, meanwhile disposing his forces so as to gain an advantage. The flag of truce was refused, and the fighting was resumed. Afterwards a second flag came in, which was also refused. At 11 o'clock, theFort Pillow Tuesday morning. Soon after the attack, Forrest sent a flag of truce demanding a surrender of the fort and garrison, meanwhile disposing his forces so as to gain an advantage. The flag of truce was refused, and the fighting was resumed. Afterwards a second flag came in, which was also refused. At 11 o'clock, the rebels came in swarms, compelling our surrender. Immediately ensued a scene which utterly baffles description. The incarnate fiends commenced an in discriminate butchery of whites and blacks, including those of both colors previously wounded. The colored soldiers becoming demoralized rushed to the rear their white officers