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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 Union “Survivors”

10 Union Prisoner’s Record at Andersonville

11 Burying Dead Union POWs

12 Andersonville Cemetary


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