What important event happened at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, in 1864?

a. the fielding of the first African American regiment of the Civil War

b. the defeat of Confederate soldiers by the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment

c. the massacre of surrendered African American Union soldiers by Confederate troops

d. the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation following a Union victory

e. the re-enslavement of captured African American Union troops

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Belen Sutton

5 September, 02:58

What important event happened at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, in 1864?

a. the fielding of the first African American regiment of the Civil War

b. the defeat of Confederate soldiers by the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment

c. the massacre of surrendered African American Union soldiers by Confederate troops

d. the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation following a Union victory

e. the re-enslavement of captured African American Union troops

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Turner Barrett · Answer 1

The answer would be the third option (C) because it's known as the Fort Pillow Massacre - - Confederate slaughter of African American Federal troops stationed at Fort Pillow, Tennessee during the American Civil War. The action stemmed from Southern outrage at the North's use of black soldiers.