1. The
Atrocities
of the Civil War

2. The Massacre at Fort Pillow, TN (April 12, 1864)

3. Nathan Bedford Forrest (Captured Fort Pillow)
262 African-Americans
295 white Union soldiers.
Ordered black soldiers murdered after they surrendered! [many white soldiers killed as well]
Became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war.

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

5. Point Lookout Memorial of 4,000 Dead Rebel Prisoners

6. Union Prison Camp at Andersonville, GA

7. Original Andersonville Plan
Planned to hold 10,000 men.
Had over 32,000 at one time.

8. Distributing “Rations”

9. Warning
Next slide contains graphic content

10. Union “Survivors”

11. Union Prisoner’s Record at Andersonville

12. Burying Dead Union POWs

13. Andersonville Cemetary