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Pages 043-044, Civil War Diary of Confederate soldier George D. Wise, [April 27, 1864]

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Pages 043-044, Civil War Diary of Confederate soldier George D. Wise, [April 27, 1864]

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Title	Pages 043-044, Civil War Diary of Confederate soldier George D. Wise, [April 27, 1864]
Description	Old Forrest [General Nathan Bedford Forrest] travels so fast & does so much that one can scarcely keep pace with him. I think seriously of employing a clerk – whose special business it shall be to write down in this journal the exploits of noble old Forrest. He has been in Kentucky – captured Paducah in that state with immense supplies – other points also he visited in his perambulations not now remembered – picking up prisoners here & there. The 12th this month he appeared before & demanded the surrender of Fort Pillow – the Fed. Commander declining he determined to take it & take it he did. The telegrams represent that the fort ran red with blood – 400 out of 600 were made to bite the dust. There were some negro soldiers there.
Subjects	Civil War Soldiers
Creator	George D. Wise
Date	[ April 27, 1864]
Format	Handwritten diary
Rights	http://morristownlibrary.org/HCFindingAids/reproductions.pdf
Image ID	civilwardiary 043-044
Publisher	Morristown, NJ: Morristown & Morris Township Public Library, The North Jersey History & Genealogy Center

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