Battle of Fort Pillow III

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aftermath Increased tensions over treatment of African American soldiers
gptkbp:casualties Union casualties estimated at 300
Confederate casualties estimated at 14
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Confederate_States
gptkb:political_organization
gptkbp:date April 12, 1864
gptkbp:defense Union fortifications
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:General_William_T._Sherman
gptkb:AOC_(Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez)
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:President_Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Sojourner_Truth
gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Robert_E._Lee
gptkb:Stacey_Abrams
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Ella_Baker
gptkb:Angela_Davis
gptkb:Cory_Booker
gptkb:Ida_B._Wells
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Michelle_Obama
gptkb:Tim_Scott
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Kamala_Harris
gptkb:Barbara_Jordan
gptkb:Harriet_Tubman
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Shirley_Chisholm
gptkb:Nina_Turner
Accounts of massacre vary
gptkbp:historical_impact Influenced perceptions of the war's brutality
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Fort Pillow III
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in gptkb:Fort_Pillow_State_Park
gptkbp:legacy Symbol of racial violence in the Civil War
gptkbp:location gptkb:Fort_Pillow,_Tennessee
gptkbp:military_strategy Surprise attack
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:General_Nathan_Bedford_Forrest
gptkb:Major_Lionel_F._Booth
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:primary_source Eyewitness accounts
Post-war analyses
Official military reports
Letters from soldiers
Newspaper articles from 1864
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Battle_of_Memphis
gptkb:Battle_of_Johnsonville
gptkbp:result Confederate victory
gptkbp:significance Controversial massacre of Union troops
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of the Mississippi River
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:J._E._B._Stuart_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4