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By Craig Swain, September 1, 2010
Fort Pillow Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Tennessee, Lauderdale County, Henning — 4E 22 — Fort Pillow — April 12, 1864 —  |
| Federal forces captured this important Confederate work, 18 miles west, in 1862. To end depredations committed by the Federal garrison, Forrest, with a force from his Confederate Cavalry Corps, attacked and captured the fort. Of the garrison of 551 . . . — — Map (db m43263) HM | |||
| 2 ► Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Downtown Memphis — Forrest and the Memphis Slave Trade — Reported damaged |
| From 1854 to 1860, Nathan Bedford Forrest operated a profitable slave trading business at this site. In 1826, Tennessee had prohibited bringing enslaved people into the state for the purpose of selling them. As cotton and slavery grew in . . . — — Map (db m117144) HM | |||