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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial Paragraphs. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Capture of Fort Pillow --vindication of General Chalmers by a Federal officer. (search)
Capture of Fort Pillow--vindication of General Chalmers by a Federal officer.
The charges in reference to the Fort Pillow massacre have been several times fully met and refuted, but they are reiterated again as often as they can serve a purpose.
General Chalmers recently made on the floor of the House of Representatives a trGeneral Chalmers recently made on the floor of the House of Representatives a triumphant vindication of General Forrest and his command, which we would publish in full but that we expect to get the facts in another form.
In the meantime, the following letter from Dr. C. Fitch, who was surgeon in charge of Fort Pillow at the time of its capture, ought to settle the question, even with the most ultra partisans:
Chariton, Iowa, May 13, 1879. General Chalmers, M. C. from Mississippi:
Sir — I have seen at different times and in various papers the charge made against you that you murdered a babe and had been engaged also in murdering several whites and negroes at Fort Pillow, on the 12th of April, 1864.
I have no especial acqu
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Editorial Paragraphs. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Meeting at the White Sulphur Springs . (search)