Fort Pillow
About Fort Pillow
Fort Pillow State Historic Park is a state park in western Tennessee that preserves the American Civil War site of the Battle of Fort Pillow. The 1,642 acre (6.6 km²) Fort Pillow, located in Lauderdale County on the Chickasaw Bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, is rich in both historic and archaeological significance. In 1861, the Confederate army built extensive fortifications and named the site for General Gideon Johnson Pillow of Maury County. It was attacked and held by the Union Army for most of the American Civil War period except immediately after the Battle of Fort Pillow, when it was retaken by the Confederate Army. The battle ended with a massacre of African-American Union troops and their white officers attempting to surrender, by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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There is a park in America which is called Fort Pillow. It's named after a US and Confederacy general whose name was Gideon Johnson Pillow.
from 214: No Such Thing As A Criminal In A Fabulous Hat, 2018-04-27 at 00:11:33 · read transcript
Other times Fort Pillow came up
I don't know if he was fat or not. He was not a nice man. You wouldn't have wanted a couple. No, he was a bad dude. I don't think it's got anything to do with pillow forts and it's called Fort Pillow. What are the odds? I've been trying to find out The first use of the phrase pillow fort. To see if Fort Pillow predates it.
No Such Thing As A Criminal In A Fabulous Hat, 2018-04-27 · listen
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