Fort Pillow Massacre

In April 1864 Nathan Bedford Forrest captured Fort Pillow in Tennessee. This is the story of black and white Union troops shot down upon surrender. Vivid eye witness accounts by survivors told directly after the event. Includes the Returned Prisoners Report detailing treatment of Union prisoners of war by the South. Soldiers describe suffering from want of food, shelter, and medical care. Printed at public expense by the United States Congress at the height of the Civil War. Charges of outrage and atrocity helped the war effort and influenced the elections of 1864.

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The Prostrate State

<p>James Shepherd Pike was a Maine Yankee, a Republican, and an Abolitionist. Here is his personal account of reconstruction in South Carolina. A story of scoundrels, scalawags, and carpetbaggers; of bribery, corruption, and incompetence.Published in 1874, The Prostrate State rocked the North. It weakened resolve to continue military rule and helped return traditional Southern ruling classes to power.</p>

Pike, James S.

American Bastile

Published in 1869, American Bastile remains the most complete account of arbitrary arrests made by the Lincoln administration during the Civil War. One hundred cases of political prinsoners are described in detail. Anyone speaking against the government or against the war or resisting the draft was liable to military arrest with transport to state prisons far from home. People disappeared. They were held without trial and without being charged with any crime. These practices were unknown to Americans even under the English kings. It was not thought possible that authorities could issue such orders or that anyone would carry them out. American Bastile raises all the questions of state power and individual liberty. What are the foundations of popular government. What are the limits of executive authority in time of war. What are the privileges and immunities of the American citizen.

Marshall, John A.

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