Nathan Bedford Forrest

The Fort Pillow Massacre in Tennessee on April 12, 1864, in which some 300 African-American soldiers were killed, was one of the most controversial events of the American Civil War (1861-65).

Confederate

How does Lincoln respond to the Fort Pillow Massacre? Lincoln responds with an Order of Retaliation but then adopts a more “humane spirit” and declares that he is going to do what he can to end the war quickly.

Lincoln worried that Fremont’s decision would drive Missouri or Kentucky into the Confederacy. How did the Lincoln Administration respond to the Fort Pillow Massacre? The administration declared that they would punish those responsible for the killing, if and when they were apprehended.

Josiah Gorgas was the Chief of Ordnance for the Confederacy. He located new munitions plants in Selma that employed 10,000 workers until Union raiders in 1865 burned down the factories. The Selma Arsenal made most of the Confederacy’s ammunition.

North Dakota and South Dakota Were Admitted to the Union. After controversy over the location of a capital, the Dakota Territory was split in two and divided into North and South in 1889. Later that year, on November 2, North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted to the Union as the 39th and 40th states.

The District of Columbia has the highest share of millennials, 31.91 percent, which is 1.8 times higher than in Vermont, the lowest at 17.44 percent….West Virginia ranked worst state for millennials.

Best Places to Live in West Virginia

• Vienna.
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• Nitro.
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• Elkins.

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