| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 93.2

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Book Review

Fort Pillow, a Civil War Massacre, and Public Memory. By John Cimprich. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2005. xii, 193 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-8071-3110-5.)

The Confederate massacre of United States troops at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, in April 1864 quickly became one of the emotional touchstones in the subsequent struggle over the memory of the war. Determining what exactly happened on April 12, the role of Nathan Bedford Forrest, and how both participants and successive generations interpreted the event is the subject of Fort Pillow, a Civil War Massacre, and Public Memory. John Cimprich brought a clarity of original sources to this work. His analysis of the "most famous atrocity of the nation's bloodiest war" (p. vii) plus his presentation of the contest for the memory of the massacre comprise the major contributions of this slim book. Cimprich concluded that while a massacre certainly took place, "no evidence provides unquestionable proof of Forrest's guilt or innocence regarding the massacre," although the author seemed to lean in the direction of Forrest's innocence (p. 83).

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