![]() Andrew Ward's River Run Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War fills this gap in the scholarship. There has been a plethora of works written on nearly every significant Civil War battle, but little scholarly attention has been devoted to the events at Fort Pillow. Such is the case with the Ap"Massacre" of Fort Pillow. This is not to say that animosity was absent in the post-Civil War society not every battlefield saw aging veterans shaking hands over a stone wall, nor did the veterans remembered every engagement the same way. Consequently, the causes of secession and Civil War were quickly glossed over as men from both sides heralded their gallant efforts. ![]() Union and Confederate veterans from around the nation gathered for reunions and reminiscences, drawing attention to their heroic deeds as soldiers. Eager to forget the harsh realties of the four-year conflict, Northerners and Southerners developed a sanitized interpretation of the events of 1861 to 1865. In the aftermath of the Civil War and during the early twentieth century, Americans embraced reconciliation in an effort to reunite a war-torn nation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Military Significance or Postwar Symbolism? Reviewed by Jennifer Murray (Department of History, Auburn University) River Run Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War. ![]()
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