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The South’s Deadly Revenge for the Emancipation Proclamation

BUTCHER’S BILL

Black Americans served with distinction as Union soldiers in the Civil War, and nowhere was their sacrifice more evident than in the Fort Pillow massacre.

S.C. Gwynne
S.C. Gwynne
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Public Domain/ New York Public Library Digital Collections
S.C. Gwynne

S.C. Gwynne

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