The Civil War Massacre They Tried to Erase Discover the shocking true story of the Fort Pillow Massacre—April 12, 1864, when Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's troops slaughtered over 300 surrendering Union soldiers, the majority of them Black troops serving in the U.S. Colored Troops. While 70% of white soldiers survived, only 35% of Black soldiers made it out alive. Learn how Forrest initially bragged that the river was "dyed with blood for 200 yards," then spent the rest of his life