The River Was Dyed with Blood: Nathan Bedford Forrest and Fort Pillow

by Brian Steel Wills

Book Overview

The battlefield reputation of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, long recognized as a formidable warrior, has been shaped by one infamous wartime incident. At Fort Pillow in 1864, the attack by Confederate forces under Forrest's command left many of the Tennessee Unionists and black soldiers garrisoned there dead in a confrontation widely labeled as a "massacre." In The River Was Dyed with Blood, best-selling Forrest biographer Brian Steel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080614453X
• ISBN13: 9780806144535
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"