INDEX

Addison, Sandy
Addison, Thomas
Affleck, Isaac Dunbar “Dunnie,”
African Americans. See also black troops; contrabands of war; slaves
in accounts of Civil War
in postwar years
civil rights
education
at Forrest’s funeral
as guards of rebel prisoners
Ku Klux Klan and
labor contracts with planters
voting
widows’ pensions
women and children imprisoned and killed
Agnew, Samuel (Sam)
Akerstrom, John C.
Albright, George
Albritton, Bill
Alcorn, James Lusk
Alden, J. C.
Alexander, Paton
Alexander, Z.
Allen, Samuel
Allen, W. B.
Alley, John Marshall
Alsobrook, Jim
Ames, Edelbert
Anderson, Charles W.
background
on Bradford’s refusal to surrender
burning of Fort Pillow
confidence in capture of Fort Pillow
on disposition of dead and wounded
with Forrest on Fort Pillow expedition
on Forrest’s abstinence from alcohol
fraternization with Union officers
justification for massacre of black troops
on Marshall’s positioning of New Era
position of sharpshooters on bluff
processing of parolees
shooting of fleeing troops
speech to inspire troops
truce negotiations with gunboat captains
violation of truce
Anderson, Paul
Anderson, Ransom
Andersonville prison (Camp Sumter)
Antwine, James W.
Asboth, Lionel Sandor

 
Babb, George W., Jr.
Bailey, Anderson
Baker, Abraham
Bancom, Billy
Bancroft, Frederic
Bangs, Eli
Barbour, Jim
Barker, Reason
Barr, John C.
Barteau, Clarke Russell
on citizens’ pleas for attack on Fort Pillow
on goading of rebels by black troops
on liquor found at Fort Pillow
on McCulloch’s assertions concerning conduct of troops
opinion concerning surrender of Fort Pillow
postwar years
on return of fire by fleeing troops
transport of black prisoners
Baskerville, George
Bate, William Brimage
Bates, Edward
Beard, John
Beattie, John W.
Bell, John
Bell, Tyree H.
background
command of
exhaustion of troops
hatred of deserters
postwar years, death
raid on post at Columbus, Kentucky
Bennett, Alfred D.
Benton, Edward B.
on attacks at hospital
business ventures
on capture of woman and killing of children
as civilian defender of Fort Pillow
on early casualties at Fort Pillow
escape
on hunting of survivors
on lack of arms among fleeing troops
on reliability of blacks’ testimony
on robbery by rebels
Berry, Thomas
Bevel, Elvis
Bickerdyke, Mary
Billingsley, Lee
Bischoff, Peter
Black, Hugh
Blackburn, J. K. P.
black troops. See also contrabands of war
bravery of
burning to death of
complaints against
deserters
evidence of massacre of
families of
killing of, during flight
live burial of
massacred in engagements after Fort Pillow
at Memphis engagement
at Moscow engagement
parolees
prisoners of war
escapees
reenslavement of
treatment as
rebel justification for massacre of
revenge of, for Fort Pillow massacre
wounded, killing of
Blain, Aaron
Blain, Sherry
Bland, Patsy Jane
Boardman, Charles
Bolton, Dickins & Company
Bondurant, Ben
Booth, John
Booth, Lionel F.
burial of
in command of black artillerists
confidence in safety of Fort Pillow
confinement of black troops
death
at first alarm of attack
occupation of Fort Pillow
wife of
Booth, Lizzie Wayt
Bosworth, James
Bowden, Bob
Bowen, Charity
Boyd, Joe, Jr.
Bradford, Theodorick (Ted)
Bradford, William H.
background
burial of garrison’s dead
captivity and murder of
capture of
in command at Fort Pillow
desertions from garrison
despair of continued resistance
killing of Gregory
occupation of Fort Pillow
recruitment of troops
refusal to surrender Fort Pillow
at Union City
Bradley, Thomas Edward
Bragg, Braxton
Brantley, Solomon
Brayman, Mason
approach to Union City
on bravery of black artillerists
on conditions at Mound City
on garrisons along Mississippi
on gunboat barrage on Paducah
investigation of Fort Pillow massacre
on obligations toward black soldiers
report to Sherman on fall of Fort Pillow
on Sherman’s intention to pursue Forrest
Brewer, Ted
Brice’s Crossroads (Tishomingo Creek)
Brigham, James
capture and release of
as civilian defender of Fort Pillow
on killing and wounding of prisoners
on rebel atrocities
on surrender of troops
on valor of troops
Brooks, Charlotte
Bross, John A.
Brown, Francis
Brown, George Washington
Brown, Tully
Brown, William Wells
Brownlow, John
Buckland, Ralph
Buckner, Simon Bolivar
Bufferd, Robert
Buford, Abraham
capture of horses at Paducah
charges against
demand for surrender of Fort Anderson
division headquarters at Trenton
joining of Forrest’s command
postwar years, suicide
recruitment of troops
Buford, Napoleon Bonaparte
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Burfford, Robert
Burgess, Armstrong
Burney, Tom
Burrows, Reuben
Burrus, John
Burton, N. B.
Butler, Benjamin

 
Cage, Henry
Cairo, garrison at
Caldwell, Sam
Campbell, Given
Camp Sumter (Andersonville prison)
Cannon, Newt
Capers, Hardin
Carlton, Eli
Carns, Wally
Carr, John Doak
Carrick, Thomas
Carroll, John W.
on defeat at Harrisburg, Mississippi
formation of company
on Forrest’s difficulty in organizing regiments
on Forrest’s truce violation
on killing of wounded
Ku Klux Klan membership
on Memphis raid
patriotism, opinion on secession
Carson, Bill
Carson, Deloz
Carter, Henry Clay
Cartwright, Tom
Cashion, Elam
Chalmers, Alexander
Chalmers, James Ronald
on armed blacks
assessment of Fort Pillow’s strength
background
Chalmers, James Ronald (cont.)
on captives at Paducah
delivery of demand for surrender of Fort Pillow
denial of responsibility for massacre
on destruction of railroad line to Columbus
enforcement of cease-fire
on escape of Fort Pillow garrison
on Escort company
on Forrest as youth
on Forrest’s predetermination to murder
fraternization with Union officers
in Friar’s Point raid
justification for massacre of black troops
at McCulloch’s use of prisoners as servants
in Memphis raid
political career of
position at Fort Pillow
on slaughter of fleeing troops
on slaves in camp
Cheney, Hamp
Cherry, Jack
Cherry, William Harrell
Chetlain, Augustus Louis
Christenberg, Jim
Churchwell, Ephraim L.
Cindy, Aunt
Claiborne, Jack
Clark, Achilles
Clark, Jim
Clark, Neal
Clay, Morning
Cleary, William
Cleek, Michael
Cochran, Jim
Coffin, Lorenzo S.
Colbert, William
Colburn, W. J.
Cole, Sandy
Coleman, Alfred
Coles, H. C.
Collier, Benjamin
Collins, Amos
Columbus, Kentucky (Fort Halleck)
Confederacy. See also specific Confederates
deserters from, in Union army
determination to stop recruitment of blacks
losses and demoralization of troops
massacres after fall of Fort Pillow
policy toward captured troops
postwar animosity toward Yankees
revisionist view of Fort Pillow battle
veterans’ returns home
contrabands of war. See also black troops
ambivalence toward, treatment of
as artillerymen
numbers of, in Union army
recruitment and enlistment of
Cooksey, Woody
Copher, John
Cothel, Eli
Cowan, John
Crafts, George Washington
Craig, George
Crews, James M.
Crossland, Edward
Crump, Marc
Crutchfield, John A.
Cruze, Rachel
Curlin, Lemuel

 
Dance, John Russell
Daniels, Jack
Davenport, Charlie
Davies, Thomas
Davis, Abraham
Davis, Charles
Davis, Edward Perry
Davis, Jefferson
Davis, Tom
Davison, E. L.
Day, Martin V.
Deason, Miles M.
Densmore, Benjamin
Dickey, William
Dinkins, James
on burial of living wounded
on camp life
on capture of black troops
on citizens’ reports of raids by black soldiers
on efforts to stop massacre
on flight of troops
on Bill Forrest
on Forrest’s reception at Brownsville
on Marshall’s abandonment of garrison
on rebel advance and charge on Fort Pillow
Dinwiddie, M. B.
Dix, Henry
Donaldson, Lauchlan
Donaldson, Meriwether
Donelson, Alexander
Dougherty, Henry
Douglass, Frederick
Doyle, Willie
Drake, Quincy J.
Driver, S. P.
DuBois, W. E. B.
Duckworth, William Lafayette
Dunavant, Jack
Dunn, George H.

 
Eaton, John
Eden, Horatio
Edmonds, Arthur
Edmondson, Belle
Edwards, Joe
Edwards, Thomas
Eells, Samuel Henry
Eldridge, Jasper
Ellet, Alfred
Ellis, George
Emancipation Proclamation
English, Bob
Epeneter, Charles J.
Etheridge, Emerson
Eubanks, J. J.
Evans, Samuel

 
Falls, Eli
Farriss, Oliver B.
Fentis, Aaron
Ferguson, William
Fields, Daniel
Fields, John
Fitch, Charles
on attacks at hospital
on Bradford’s surrender and capture
capture and imprisonment of
care of wounded
on deaths of parolees
on early casualties at Fort Pillow
learning of deserters from Bradford’s garrison
parole of
protection of, by Forrest
at rebel approach to Fort Pillow
on removal of wounded
on shooting of captives
Fitzpatrick, Sarah
Flowers, Anthony
Floyd, John Buchanan
Foote, Shelby
Forrest, Jeffrey E.
Forrest, Jesse A.
Forrest, Nathan Bedford “Wizard of the Saddle”
background and personal qualities
camp life under
cavalry of
command of
demoralization of troops
desertions from cavalry of
disbandment of troops
escape south after Fort Pillow battle
Escort company of
farewell message to troops
Fort Donelson battle
Fort Pillow battle
accounts of
approval of troop conduct at
black prisoners of
at Brownsville following massacre
evacuation of wounded
on flight of garrison troops into river
letter of corroboration from Young
during massacre
plunder of town
strategy and advance on fort
Forrest, Nathan Bedford (cont.)
surrender demand
truce violations
illness, failing strength
Memphis battle
Paducah battle
postwar years
business ventures
correspondence with Washburn on prisoners of war
death
embrace of Christianity
Ku Klux Klan leadership
murder of former slave
Northern animosity toward
posthumous recognition
treason charges
use of convict laborers
reputation of
slave trading
surrender demand, boilerplate
Tishomingo Creek battle
West Tennessee, first raid into
Forrest, William (Bill)
Fort, Dewitt Clinton
on assault on Fort Pillow
on Bradford’s refusal to surrender
on Forrest’s role in massacre
on garrison return of fire during flight
on inebriation of troops
on lynching on eve of Fort Pillow attack
on position of New Era
on reception of Confederates in Jackson
Fort Anderson (Paducah)
Fort Halleck (Columbus, Kentucky)
Fort Pillow, battle of
advance and attack
attacks on women and children
attacks on wounded
black troops, valor and bravery of
Booth’s death
burial of dead
burial of living wounded
burning of post
defense of post
evacuation of noncombatants
hunting and killing of survivors
inebriation of troops
investigation into massacre
Northern outrage over massacre
press accounts, editorial responses
rebel attempts to stop savagery
rebel losses
reprisals for massacre
revisionist view of
robbery of dead and wounded
shooting of captives
shooting of fleeing troops
surrender
truce violations
Union gunboats
Union losses
Fort Pillow, Union garrison at
contrabands at
corruption at
desertions from
establishment of post
family members of troops at
52nd Indiana Infantry (Hoosiers) occupation of
garrison strength
2nd Illinois Cavalry occupation of
2nd U.S. Colored Light Artillery arrival at
separation of black and white troops at
settlement near
6th United States Colored Heavy Artillery arrival at
13th Tennessee Cavalry arrival at
32nd Iowa Infantry occupation of
vulnerability of
Fox, Charles
Franklin, Tennessee
Frazier, William
French, Anderson H.
Fulks, Nathan

 
Gaines, Lucius
Gardner, Ed
Gardner, Nancy
Garner, Cornelius
Garner, Henry
Garrett, Angie
Garrison, William Lloyd
Gaus, Joe
Gaylord, Wilbur H.
at attack on Fort Pillow
capture of
on early casualties at Fort Pillow
observation of killing of black troops
on rebel advance on Fort Pillow
rescue of, by Silver Cloud
on retrieval of Booth’s body
on return of troops to regiment after massacre
sparing of, by rebel
on transport of wounded prisoners
George, Thomas C.
Gholson, Samuel Jameson
Gibson, Henry
Gifford, Ira
Giles. B.
Gillam, Cora
Glass, Andrew
Glenn, Robert
Gooch, Daniel Wheelwright
Goodman, Walter A.
Grant, Ulysses S.
Grantham, Andrew Jackson
Gray, Thomas P.
Greeley, Horace
Green, Jesse
Green, Robert (Bob)
Green, Samuel (Sam)
Gregory, Jonathan F.
Gregory, Ted
Grier, Thomas
Grierson, Benjamin Henry (Ben)
Guerrant, Edward
Guidon, Lee
Gwaltney, Leonidas

 
Halleck, Henry
Hamer, Nick
Hancock, R. R.
on approach of Bell’s company to Fort Pillow
on attack of Fort Anderson
on Barteau after war
on battle at Tishomingo Creek
on Bell’s raid at Columbus, Kentucky
on failure of New Era to support retreating troops
on Forrest’s order for execution of deserters
on Forrest’s order to storm Fort Pillow
on Forrest’s pride at conduct of troops
on injustices against families of Forrest’s men
on rebel positions at Fort Pillow
on removal of wounded from Fort Pillow
on slaughter of retreating troops
Harding, Duncan
Hargrove, Tazewell Lee
Harmon, George W.
Harris, George Washington
Harris, Isham
Harris, Thomas H.
Harris, W. H.
Harrison, David
Harrison, Robert W.
Harshaw, Plomer
Haskins, John
Hatfield, A. G.
Hawkins, Isaac Roberts
Hayes, Rutherford B.
Haywood, Felix
Hazelwood, Bill
Henderson, Tom
Hendricks, Jim
Hennessey, James
Henry, Bill
Henry, Robert Selph
Hicks, Stephen G.
Hight, Bill
Hill, Granville
Hill, John D.
Hill, Robert I.
Hinson, Jim
Hinton, Thomas
Hogan, Frank
on burial of living wounded
escape from captivity
at Fort Pillow
on killing of Carson
observation of attacks on wounded
observation of Bradford before escape
rebel estimate of deaths at Fort Pillow
testimony on massacre
Hoke, R. F.
Holley, Peggy Scott
Hood, John Bell
Hooker, B. P.
Hooper, Rosa Spearman
Hooper, Thomas
Hopper, Danny
Hopper, Nancy
Houston, George
Howard, Thomas O.
Howell, John S.
Howlett, R. E.
Hubbard, John Milton
on bluecoats
on citizens’ complaints against black troops
on failure of rebel cause
on Forrest’s advance on Memphis
on quality of Hawkins’ troops
on rebel expectation of defeat at Fort Pillow
on secessionism among Forrest’s cavalrymen
Hughes, Archie
Hughes, J. D.
Hughes, Samuel
Hughs, Louis
Hunter, Alexander M.
Hunter, Harry
Hunter, Nathan
Hurlbut, Stephen Augustus
background
on Bradford’s military aptitude
deployment of black artillery at Fort Pillow, defiance of evacuation order
drinking habit
at Forrest’s approach to Fort Pillow
harsh restrictions at Paducah
interview of, by Wade and Gooch
postwar years, death
recruitment of black artillerists
refusal to pursue Forrest
relief of command
removal of Illinois regiment from Fort Pillow
report to McPherson on massacre
report to Sherman on fall of Fort Pillow
report to Sherman on troop strength
retreat at Fort Pickering
Hurst, Fielding

 
Ingraham, Lewis
Irving Block military prison
Irwin, Elias (Eli)
Isbell, Alfred
Iverson, John F.

 
Jackson, Charles
Jackson, Martin
Jackson, Thomas Jefferson
Jarrett, Joseph (Joe Key)
Johnson, Andrew
Johnson, Bill
Johnson, Bryant
Johnson, G. W. (assistant surgeon)
Johnson, Giles (Private)
Johnson, Isaac
Johnson, John
Johnson, Lewis
Johnson, Read
Johnson, Rosa
Johnson, Sam
Johnson, Woody
Johnston, Billy
Johnston, John
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Joint Subcommittee on the Conduct of the War
Jones, Anderson
Jones, Benjamin
Jones, Humphrey
Jones, Jacob
Jordan, Bill
Jordan, Thomas (Jordan and Pryor)

 
Kappner, Ignatz G.
Kelley, David
Kelley, William Darrah
Kelso, Fred
Kennedy, John
Key, Charles
Key, Frank
Key, Joe (Joseph Jarrett)
King, Benjamin W.
Kinney, Nicey
Kirk, G. W.
Knox, George L.
Ku Klux Klan

 
Lake, Peter
Lasley, Jim
Lawrence, William Hudson
Leaming, Mack J.
on burial of living wounded
on conduct of black troops
on deaths of officers
delivery of Bradford’s refusal to surrender
at delivery of surrender demand
kindness of rebel toward
on mistreatment of prisoner
on murder by rebels
on rebel possession of Fort Pillow
on robbery of dead and wounded
at start of attack on Fort Pillow
on union officers’ fraternization with rebels
Ledbetter, Isaac (Ike)
Lee, Stephen Dill
Legion, T. W.
Lewis, James
Liberty
Ligon, Willis
enlistment as artillerist
escape from captivity
protection of, by Forrest
Lincoln, Abraham
on black recruitment
on black widows’ pensions
charge of treason against Forrest
Emancipation Proclamation
initial avoidance of slavery issue
retaliation for Fort Pillow massacre
slaves’ opinions of
veto of Reconstruction bill
Lippett, Henry
Locke, Victor Murat
Lockney, James B.
Loftis, Thomas
Logan, B. K.
Logan, Nicholas
Long, John W.
Louden, Robert
Loudon, Jason
Lovett, Bill
Lowry, R. B.
Lunceford, Turner
Lyman. P.
Lynch, John R.
Lytle, Andrew Nelson

 
McCalister
M’Cann, James M.
McCleary, Andy
McClure, Thomas W.
McCorkle, Joe
McCoy, James
McCoy, William N.
McCulloch, Robert A.
McCulloch, Robert “Black Bob”
approach to Fort Pillow
background
command of
denial of massacre
in Memphis raid
position near Fort Pillow
postwar years
McDowell, Wesley
McFarland, Hannah
McGuirk, John
McKay, A. W.
McKee, Andrew
McKenzie, Robert
McKissick, Rufus
Macklin, Charles
McKlin, J. D.
McLagan, W. R.
McLeary, Andy
McMichael, Jim
McMurry, Tom
McMurtry, Johnny
McPherson, James Birdseye
Manlove, James
Manning, Allen V.
Marrs, Elijah
Marshall, James . See also New Era
Martin, James
Martin, Sam
Matthews, W. H. (Billy)
Maury, Dabney H.
Maynard, Bob
Mays, Bill (rebel soldier)
Mays, William F. (Billy) (Union soldier)
Meador, James (Jim)
Meeks, Frank
Meeks, John
Meigs, Montgomery
Memphis
Michie, R. W.
Middleton, Adam
Middleton, Al
Middleton, Essex
Middleton, Simon
Middleton, William Green
Miles, J. R.
Miller, Anna
Miller, Henry
Mills, J. M.
Mockbee, Bob
Montgomery, Frank
Moody, Granville
Mooney, David C.
Moore, James M.
Morris, Ed
Mound City
Mussey, Reuben Delaney

 
Nail, Billy
Nason, Alexander
Nast, Thomas
Neely, James
Nelson, John
New Era. See also Marshall, James
Nichols, Emanuel (Manuel)
Noel, Mary
Nolen, Billy

 
oath of loyalty to Union
Odlin, James H.
Otey, Mercer

 
Paducah (Fort Anderson)
Paine, Eleazor
Park, James
Parker, Henry
Parker, J. H.
Parks, Rachel
Parks, Ransom
Parsons, P. K.
Pearce, Jim
Pegram, B. Rushmore
Pennock, Alexander M.
Penwell, John
Perryman, Patsy
Phillips, Bruce L.
Pike, R. W.
Pillow, Gideon
Pinkerton, Allan
Pinkney, Ninian
Pittman, Mollie
Platte Valley
Polk, Leonidas
Porter, David
Porter, John H.
Poston, John L.
Powell, Gee
prisoners of war
at Andersonville prison
black soldiers
escapees
reenslavement of
treatment as prisoners
Confederate
exchange of
Forrest-Washburn correspondence concerning
survivors of imprisonment
Pryor, J. P. (Jordan and Pryor)

 
Rabb, John
Rankin, Daniel
Ray, Daniel
Ray, John F. (Jack)
Ray, Joseph
Reagan, Jack
rebels. See Confederacy; specific rebels
Reconstruction
Reed, George W.
Reed, Wyly Martin
Reid, Whitelaw
Revelle, Cordy
Revelle, Hardy
Rice, Charlie
Richardson, Henry
Richardson, Robert
Rickman, J. F.
Ricks, James
Roberts, W. R.
Robertson, Felix
Robinson, Benjamin
Robinson, Charley
on approach of Union gunboats to Fort Pillow
capture and release of
as civilian defender of Fort Pillow
observation of rebel atrocities
Robinson, Harriett
Robinson, Wiley
Rodgers, Frank
Rogers, Bobby
Rowe, Katie
Ruffin, Anne Jane
Ruffin, Thomas
Russ, Lee H.
Russell, Robert Milton
Rutherford, Henry
Rutling, Thomas
Ryan, John

 
Scoby, John
Scott, John L.
Scott, Oliver
Scruggs, Phineas Thomas
Seddon, James Alexander
Seward, William
Shane, William
Shankle, J. W.
Shaw, George
Shaw, W. J.
Shelton, Jesse
Shelton, John (Jack)
Shepley, George Foster
Sheppard, Eric William
Sherman, Sandy
Sherman, William Tecumseh
appointment of Sturgis as cavalry commander
esteem for Forrest’s cavalry
evacuation of Fort Pillow
Hurlbut and
investigation into Fort Pillow massacre
pursuit of Forrest
Shiloh, Battle of
Si, Uncle
Silver Cloud
Simmons, Betty
Simmons, John C. (Jack)
Black Code
centrality of, in Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
insurrection panics
laws to sustain
slave trade
slaves. See also contrabands of war
in Confederate camps
emancipation of, slaveholders’ responses to
fugitive
on impending freedom
on Lincoln
loyalty to masters
as spies and informers
on Yankees
Sleeth, Addison
Smith, Andrew (Private)
Smith, Andrew Jackson (General)
Smith, Charles Ferguson
Smith, Frank (Lieutenant)
Smith, Frank J. (Captain)
Smith, Gerritt
Smith, Jesse
Smith, William Sooy
Smith, William T.
Southall, James
Stamps, Daniel
enlistment as Unionist refugee
family of
flight from rebels
illnesses and death
observation of execution of blacks
protection of wounded black soldier
on rebels’ truce violation
Stanton, Edwin
opinion concerning reprisals for massacre
order for burial of Fort Pillow dead
order for investigation into massacre
recruitment of black regiments
refusal to exchange prisoners
report on Confederate successes
Stearns, Ezra
Stewart, Jerry
Stinnett, J. W.
Strange, John P.
Street, Robert Florence
Strickland, George
Strong, George Templeton
Sturgis, Samuel Davis
Sumner, Charles
Sutton, William James

 
Taylor, Frank
Taylor, James
Terry, F. G.
Texas Rangers
Thacker, Benjamin
Thomas, James
Thomas, Lorenzo
Thompson, Albert P. “Sam,”
Thompson, Frank
Thompson, Jacob
Tilda, Aunt
Tishomingo Creek (Brice’s Crossroads)
Travis. W.
Turner, G. P. M.
Turner, Harriet A.
Turner, Henry
Turner, Nat
Turner, Roach
Turner, William D.
Turpin, Joe
Tuttle, James Madison
Tyler, Daniel
Tyree, Lem

 
Underground Railroad
Underwood, Chapman
Underwood, Manuel
Union. See also black troops; specific Unionists
oath of loyalty to
slaves’ views of
Union City
Usher, John Palmer

 
Van Camp, Eugene Bestor
Van Horn, Daniel
Vaughan, Jack
Vaught, Leander C.

 
Wade, Benjamin Franklin “Bluff Ben,”
Walker, Allen James
Walker, J. P.
Walker, Samuel
Walker, William (Billy)
Wallace, Frances
Waller, Wiley
Walls, James
Walters, Johnny
Walthall, George
Ward, Sam
Wardner, Horace
Waring, George E.
Washburn, Cadwallader Colder
appointment of, as Union commander
on Bradford’s death
correspondence with Forrest on Confederate prisoners
escape from Forrest at Memphis
letter from Young on Fort Pillow battle
offer of inspector position to Lizzie Booth
outrage over massacre
report to Sherman on slaughter at Fort Pillow
Washburne, Elihu Benjamin
Watterson, Henry
Weatherred, John
Weaver, Henry
capture and escape
command of
doubts concerning strength of Fort Pillow
on early casualties at Fort Pillow
on flight of troops
interview of, by Wade and Gooch
at start of Fort Pillow battle
on vulnerability of black troops
Webb, Charles
Webster, Thomas
Weems, Joe
Welch, James
Welles, Gideon
Wetmore, N. D.
White, J. J.
White, Mingo
Wiley, Patsey
Willard. M.
Williams, Charles
Williams, J. W.
Williams, Major
Williams, Peter
Willis, Charles
Wilson, A. N.
Wilson, J. Cardwell
Wilson, J. P.
Wilson, Jacob
Wilson, James Harrison
Wilson, Tom
Winkler, S. M.
Winn, William
Winston, Bob
Wisdom, Drew Moore
Witherspoon, William
Wolfe, Edward H.
Wood, Wilson
Woodruff, John G.
Worthington, Thomas
Wright, Willis
Wyeth, John
on ability of sharpshooters
on aid expected from Union gunboat
on Bradford’s murderers
on burning of Fort Pillow
on camp life for Forrest’s cavalry
on cease-fire at massacre
on flight of troops into river
on Forrest’s scout of Fort Pillow
on Forrest’s treatment of deserters
on goading of rebels by black troops
on horsemanship of rebels
on inability of blacks to hide from rebels
on inebriation of troops at Fort Pillow
on investigation into massacre
on reasons for attack on Fort Pillow
on shooting of troops after surrender
on start of charge on Fort Pillow
on surrender of Fort Anderson
on vengeance of rebels
on war’s effect on morals

 
Yancey, Lee
Yankees. See Union; specific Yankees
Young, Annie
Young, J. P.
Young, John T.
at delivery of surrender demand
favored treatment of, by rebels
on Forrest’s enforcement of cease-fire
on Forrest’s presence at Fort Pillow
letter corroborating Forrest’s version of battle
postwar years, death
prediction of Bradford’s murder
as prisoner
at rebels’ approach to Fort Pillow
as truce-bearer
Young, Philip

 
Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk