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" As to this, we have the most reliable evidence in the report of the Committee of Congress appointed to investigate the matter (Senator Wade and Representa- tive Gooch). The re])ort was submitted to Congress on the 5th of May, 1364, and, among other things, states : " It appears from the testimony that the atrocities committed at Fort Pillow were not the result of passions excited by the heat of conflict, but were the results of a policy deliberately decided on and unhesitatingly announced. He...re the brutahty and cruelty of the rebels were most painfully exhibited. The garrison consisted of 11> officers and 538 men, of whom 262 were colored troops, comprising one battalion of the 6th United States heavy artillery (formerly called the 1st Alabama artillery), of colored troops, under command of Major L. F. Booth ; one section of the 2d United States light artillery, colored, and one battalion of the ISth Tennessee cavalry, white, commanded by Major W. F. Brad- ford. Major Booth was the ranking ofEcer, and was in command of the post.
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