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)
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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.

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Confederate Prison Campat Point Lookout, MD

• Planned to hold 10,000 men.
• Had almost 50,000 at one time.

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Point Lookout Memorialof 4,000 Dead Rebel
Prisoners
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Union Prison Campat Andersonville, GA
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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
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Union Prisoners RecordatAndersonville
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Burying Dead Union POWs
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Andersonville Cemetary