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Site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Pillow, where some 300 African American Union soldiers were brutally massacred by Nathan Bedford Forrest's men upon his orders after surrendering.
Fort Pillow State Historic Park is a state park in western Tennessee that preserves the American Civil War site of the Battle of Fort Pillow. The 1,642 acre (6.6 km²) Fort Pillow, located in Lauderdale County on the Chickasaw Bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, is rich in both historic and archaeological significance. In 1861, the Confederate army built extensive fortifications and named the site for General Gideon Johnson Pillow of Maury County. It was attacked and held by the Union Army for most of the American Civil War period except immediately after the Battle of Fort Pillow, when it was retaken by the Confederate Army. The battle ended with a massacre of African-American Union troops and their white officers attempting to surrender, by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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Regional museum, military artifacts, mounted animals, etc.
Boyhood home of the author of the intergenerational African American epic Roots.
An abstract metal artwork creation that looks a bit like Watts Towers in LA.
Swamp and marshland area where you can explore walking trails, view wildlife and lily pads, and look at dioramas.
This museum offers a vignette on the Western Tennessee delta region with exhibits on things like cotton, blues artists, turtles and other endemic species, and Tina Turner (grew up in this community of Brownsville).
A drive-thru zoo where some 80 species roam about and where ungulates such as baby giraffes will want to eat from your car.