[Fort Pillow Massacre, Inquiry and Testimony]

Title: [Fort Pillow massacre, inquiry and testimony]: in the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1864.

Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.

Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana

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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library

DocumentID: SABCP01190200

CollectionID: CTRG93-B4225

PublicationDate: 18640101

SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

Notes: At the head of title: "38th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Rep. Com. No. 63." At head of title, 2nd report: 38th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Rep. Com. No. 68. Appended is the committee's report on the condition of the returned prisoners from Fort Pillow published as Senate Rep. Com. 68. U.S. 38th Congress, 1st Session. "Resolved by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the truth of the rumored slaughter of the Union troops, after their surrender, at the recent attack of the rebel forces upon Fort Pillow, Tennessee; as, also, whether Fort Pillow could have been sufficiently re-enforced or evacuated, and if so, why it was not done; and that they report the facts to Congress as soon as possible. Approved April 21, 1864/"--P. [1] Caption title.

Collation: 128, 34 p., [4] leaves of plates: ill.; 23 cm