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Return of Casualties
in
Brig General J. R.
Chalmer's
Division
of
Maj. General Forrest's
Cavalry
Action of April 12th, 1864
at Fort Pillow, Tennessee
{Obtained from Park Ranger
at Fort Pillow State Historic Park}
With Photos of Fort Pillow State Historic Park.
Arranged by Unit. Names in Blue are additions based upon research.
NAME RANK UNIT & COMPANY Comments 1 Barrow, R. W. Pvt 15 Tenn - B KILLED 2 Beck, Jas. A. Sgt 15 Tenn - B KILLED 3 Jones, Henry Pvt 16 Tenn - H KILLED 4 Thompson, W. C. Pvt 16 Tenn - H KILLED 5 Haslip, T. W. Pvt 2 Missouri - H KILLED 6 Tune, George
Love, George1 Lt 2 Tenn - D KILLED 7 Burtan, N. B. Lt 5 Miss Cav - A KILLED 8 Cole, R. W. Richard Pvt
5 Miss Cav - A KILLED 9 Flowers, I. E. Corp
5 Miss Cav - A KILLED 10 Jones, Sidney Pvt
5 Miss Cav - A KILLED 11 Reid, W. M. Lt-Col 5 Miss Cav
Dangerously wounded: Bowels, shoulder & ankle. 12 Cearley, J.C. John Pvt Duffs Miss. - E KILLED 13 Prett, B. F. Pvt
Forrests Rgt - E KILLED 14 Ryan, A. F Ryon, Albion F. Pvt
Willis Btn - E KILLED 15 Sullivan, W.R Capt
Willis Btn - E Dangerously wounded: Feared to be mortal. 16
Wilson, J. Cardwell Capt
2 Tenn - F Wounded, Dangerously 17
Davis, Marceullis Pvt
Willis Btn - B Severly wounded. 18
Campbell, P. M. Pvt
5 Miss - K Wounded - Not able for duty. 19
Hubbard, R. J. 1 Lt Miss Btn - H Wounded. Died near Somerville on 24 April, 1864. 20
McLinn, W.H. Pvt 16 Tenn - H Listed as Wounded. KILLED
Original List indicates only 13 KIA. Official Records indicate Lt. Col. Reid was included with a total of 14 fatalities. I've included the 15th Individual, Capt. WR Sullivan based upon NARA documents.
Lieut-Col. Wiley M. Reid(or Reed) was mentioned in General Forrest's correspondance on the results of Fort Pillow. "Confederate Military History: Tennessee" mentions Lieut-Col. Wiley Reed was a Cumberland Presbyterian minister(page 282). It also states that Lieut. Col. Reed investigated the series of atrocities of Col. Fielding Hurst of the 6th Tennessee(USA) Cavalry. This report was passed on to General Forrest and can be found on page 118, Vol. XXXII, Part 3 of Official Records of the War.
Go to List of Casualities for complete list of 99 Confederate casualties at the Battle of Fort Pillow.
For updated version of this file, go to this link on custermen.com: Fort Pillow KIA.
Fort
Pillow State Historic Park (external link)
is
a 1,646-acre park located on Mississippi River about 60 miles north of
Memphis, TN on Hiway 51 near Henning. The park has an
Intrepretive
Center & Museum, a Nature Center, a lake, campgrounds and hiking
trails
covering the three tiers of breastworks. The park is a nice place
to hike and fish and is covered with dense foilage in summer. Photo of interior of inner breastworks of Fort Pillow. The breastworks face away from the Mississippi River. Another battery was positioned below the bluffs, next to the river. The Union troops retreated to this position on the Battle of April 12.
Remains of the outer breastworks of Fort Pillow. These outer breastworks were part of the fort in 1862 when it was manned by approximately 10,000 Confederate troops. This area is part of the Park's hiking trails. |