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Title: Atrocities of the Civil War


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The Atrocities of the Civil War
Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley HS Chappaqua,
NY
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The Massacre at Fort Pillow, TN(April 12, 1864)
3
Nathan Bedford Forrest(Captured Fort Pillow)
  • 262 African-Americans
  • 295 white Unionsoldiers.
  • Ordered black soldiers murdered after
    theysurrendered! many white soldiers killed
    aswell
  • Became the first GrandWizard of the Ku KluxKlan
    after the war.

4
Confederate Prison Campat Point Lookout, MD
  • Planned to hold 10,000 men.
  • Had almost 50,000 at one time.

5
Point Lookout Memorialof 4,000 Dead Rebel
Prisoners
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Union Prison Campat Andersonville, GA
7
Original Andersonville Plan
  • 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
10
Union Prisoners RecordatAndersonville
11
Burying Dead Union POWs
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Andersonville Cemetary
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