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River Run Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War
by: Andrew Ward

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780143037866
ISBN: 0143037862
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 560
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sales Rank: 734360
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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The fullest account ever written on the Civil War tragedy that stunned a nation

On April 12, 1864, 3,000 Confederate cavalrymen under General Nathan Bedford Forrest stormed the much smaller garrison of Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, slaughtering hundreds of white Unionists and re-enslaving some sixty former slaves in uniform. Andrew Ward vividly recounts, as never before, the horrors of guerrilla warfare and the pent-up bigotry and rage that found release that bloody April day, producing a detailed and complex portrait of an event that continues to spark controversy.

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- Biased against Forrest but required reading nonetheless
I would not describe this work as a polemic. The author is sufficiently professional to have done his research and the raw data that he presents is worth the price of the book. Fans of Forrest can read between the lines of the author's bias. The information exculpating Forrest is presented, it's just that the author puts his own spin on it in some far-fetched ways that strain credulity. 500 black people showed up for Forrest's funeral. There is no proof whatsoever that they did so for any other reason than to show their respect. The author spins this into the remarkable explanation that they came to be certain he was dead! Forrest "fathered a black child." How do we know this allegation is true? Because no black person would lie about such a thing, since they would never volunteer for the ignominy of being known as a descendant of Forrest. There is plenty of laughable drivel like that in this book. The good news ... Read More

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- Great book on a bad event.
Few Civil War figures inspire as much debate and discussion as Nathan Bedford Forrest. The so-called "Wizard of the Saddle" has been anointed America's greatest natural military genius, and has been the subject of numerous books highlighting both his military achievements and his unsavory business dealings before and after the war.

The April 12, 1864, battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee, and the events that followed it, form the crux of the debate over Forrest's place in our national consciousness. Was Fort Pillow one of the most celebrated of Forrest's victories, or was it an out-and-out massacre of blacks and whites that highlighted the war's essential racial component?

In River Run Red, author and screenwriter Andrew Ward demonstrates conclusively the latter, in what should be the final word on this topic for some time to come.

The seasoned Civil War reader should not be put ... Read More

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- Poorly written.
River Run Red; The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American civil war is a book which at first promises much.While the book does provide some insight into the darkest chapter of our nations darkest hours it often neglects facts even those presented in it own earlier chapters.Fort Pillow was a riverside fortress garrisoned by African American Soldiers and Confederate deserters. It was occupied against the order of the union high command and was in no way ready for what it was too face. It is well known that it main purpose was too rob and terrorize the local populace. Wars in an attempt to exonerate the forts inhabitant dismisses the literally dozens of reports pertaining to these facts to be "lies". A statement at odds with earlier accounts of the departments well know corruption. It is enough to make you wonder if this fellow read his own book. The Forts antagonists are the Confederate Calvary led by the controversial ... Read More

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- A Northern slant.
In depth analysis of the brutality following the battle. Not an easy book to read, especially so I would think if a person had a Southern background.

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