Black union troops were indeed executed after surrendering on several occasions. A case was made that General Forrest bore responsibility for the Fort Pillow massacre, but my understanding is that that case rested on very littl e evidence and was largely refuted.
General George Pickett remains unique for ordering the execution, as deserters, of North carolinians whom he knew had never worn the uniform of any unit of the Confederate Army and who had never joined it.
To learn very little about the case (and nothing about the cuplability of the primary War Criminal, Pickett) other then a weak diatribe against the honor of North Carolinians who fought for the USA, please see the cut-and-paste weak substitute for an argument in post 110 above.
“To learn very little about the case (and nothing about the cuplability of the primary War Criminal, Pickett) other then a weak diatribe against the honor of North Carolinians who fought for the USA, please see the cut-and-paste weak substitute for an argument in post 110 above.”
The “cut and paste” is from an article:
(Courtesy of Dr. Donald E. Collins; from a paper presented at the First Annual East Carolina University Civil War Symposium: “Eastern North Carolina in the Civil War”; October 11, 1996.)
[ Dr. Collins is currently working on two book-length histories of the First and Second North Carolina Union Regiments. ]
Makes me wonder what your credentials are.