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Tag Archives: battle of fort pillow

Baptists and the American Civil War April 18, 1864

Today near Poison Spring, Arkansas, near Camden, Confederate troops ambush a federal force which was returning from foraging for corn and other food crops on nearby plantations. The Union forces are led by Colonel James M. Williams, while Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke and Brigadier General Samuel Bell Maxey command the rebel forces. Surprise is…

April 18, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: April 12, 1864

Mere weeks before the major spring campaigns are to begin, Confederate Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest today attacks Tennessee’s Fort Pillow. Forrest’s Cavalry Corps are known for their guerrilla-like strikes in Union-held territory in Kentucky and Tennessee. Located on the Mississippi River some forty miles north of Memphis, Fort Pillow is manned by 200-295 white…

April 12, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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