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The Boston Courtier defends the action of Gen Forrest at Fort Pillow

--no matter, it says, how many Yankees were killed. It cites history to grove that garrisons who persist in holding untenattion points have always been massacred after those points have been captured by assist.

The Daily Dispatch: June 2, 1864. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. June 2, 1864. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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