Project Gutenberg 2013-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 583 United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War United States. Congress. Committee on the Conduct of the War Gooch, Daniel W. (Daniel Wheelwright) 1820 1891 Gooch, D. W. (Daniel Wheelwright) Wade, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) 1800 1878 Wade, Benjamin Franklin Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War Fort Pillow Massacre. Returned Prisoners. Produced by David Edwards, Steve Klynsma and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War" is a historical account likely written during the mid-19th century. This document provides an examination of the events surrounding the Fort Pillow Massacre, wherein Union troops, including a significant number of Black soldiers, were brutally attacked by Confederate forces after surrendering. The report seeks to investigate the circumstances leading to the event and the policies that allowed such atrocities. The opening of the report outlines the congressional directive to investigate the alleged massacre at Fort Pillow, emphasizing the insistence on understanding the facts of the event. It details the appointment of a subcommittee to gather testimony and highlights evidence that the actions taken against the surrendered troops were not spontaneous but rather the result of a deliberate policy. The document describes the horrific nature of the violence inflicted upon the soldiers, including indiscriminate killings and brutal treatment, as illustrated by eyewitness accounts of survivors, thereby setting the foundation for a thorough inquiry into the conduct of the war and wartime policies regarding captured soldiers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41787/41787-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Fort Pillow, Battle of, Tenn., 1864 E456 Text Category: History - American Category: History - Warfare Category: Reports & Conference Proceedings 612931 2025-10-17T04:36:23.188820 text/html 599585 2024-10-23T13:28:42 text/html 871415 2025-10-17T04:36:31.472782 application/epub+zip 879142 2025-10-17T04:36:24.448750 application/epub+zip 268884 2025-10-17T04:36:23.785761 application/epub+zip 1066744 2025-10-17T04:36:36.175715 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1035649 2025-10-17T04:36:30.650752 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426640 2022-09-19T06:37:58.474301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577933 2025-10-17T04:36:21.184749 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 557940 2024-10-23T13:28:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18373 2025-10-17T04:36:36.327687 application/rdf+xml 23697 2025-10-17T04:36:23.901740 image/jpeg 2087 2025-10-17T04:36:23.843734 image/jpeg 920793 2025-10-17T04:36:23.253756 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia