- Created by
- Kurz & Allison, American, founded 1880
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- lithographic ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 19 5/16 x 25 7/8 in. (49.1 x 65.7 cm)
- Description
- A chromolithographic print depicting the massacre at Fort Pillow, with General Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate troops using rifles, knives and bayonets to attack the surrendering Federal force along with unarmed African American men, women and children. The Confederate troops are pictured holding a Confederate flag at center, advancing on victims along the banks of the Mississippi River. The battle continues on the bluffs in the background, where Confederate troops are firing upon Union forces under a white flag.
- Printed along the bottom margin of the print is text reading: [April 12' 1864, UNION: (MAJ. BOOTH, COM.) COLORED T. 262 (MAJ. BRADFORD) W. T. 276 & CIV., 350 K, 60 W & 164 MIS., CONF: (GEN. FORREST) 20 K & 60 W].
- Place depicted
- Fort Pillow, Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Visual Arts
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Type
- chromolithographs
- Topic
- Art
- Military
- Race relations
- Slavery
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States Colored Troops
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
- Object number
- 2012.172.22
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




