Black flag! black flag! : the battle at Fort Pillow / John Gauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gauss, John, 1924-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fort Pillow, Battle of, Tenn., 1864.

Physical Description:

227 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, [2003]

Summary:

In Black Flag! Black Flag!, John Gauss uses the documented words of participants taken from historical records, graphically depicting the Civil War battle of Fort Pillow, as well as pertinent battles and events leading up to and continuing after that fateful conflict.

Contents:

Chapter 1. War and Intolerance 1

Chapter 2. The Future General Forrest 11

Chapter 3. Unlocking the Mississippi 17

Chapter 4. Battling to Reach Memphis 23

Chapter 5. Union City Endangered 29

Chapter 6. Captured by a Ruse 37

Chapter 7. Daring Escapes from Captivity 45

Chapter 8. Forrest Approaches Paducah 51

Chapter 9. Battle Rages at Fort Anderson 63

Chapter 10. Forrest Spreads Confusion 71

Chapter 11. Prelude to Pillow 77

Chapter 12. River Forts Attacked 81

Chapter 13. The Quiet Before the Storming 87

Chapter 14. Surprise Attack on Fort Pillow 93

Chapter 15. Encircling the Fort 101

Chapter 16. Major Booth Falls 107

Chapter 17. Advance and Loot 113

Chapter 18. Blood Lusts Run Rampant 123

Chapter 19. No Quarter 135

Chapter 20. Torture and Murder 141

Chapter 21. Kill 'em All 151

Chapter 22. Major Bradford Assassinated 159

Chapter 23. Buried Alive 167

Chapter 24. Socializing with the Enemy 177

Chapter 25. Steamboats and Shedding Blame 181

Chapter 26. The Aftermath 193

Appendix A Fort Pillow's Wounded 203

Appendix B Battle Report of Lieut. M. J. Leaming 211

Appendix C Battle Report of Maj. General N. B. Forrest 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761825320

OCLC:

52495186