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Fort Pillow State Park

Hike to the restored earthworks of Fort Pillow on bluffs above the Mississippi and learn at the museum about the 1864 battle and massacre.

3122 Park Road, Henning, TN 38041 · Henning, TN

About Fort Pillow State Park

Fort Pillow State Park covers 1,642 acres on the Chickasaw Bluffs above the Mississippi River. Confederates built the fort in 1861, and on April 12, 1864, troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest captured it and killed most of the U.S. Colored Troops who tried to surrender, one of the most controversial events of the Civil War. The earthworks are a National Historic Landmark, and a trail leads to a restored section of the fortification and a river overlook. The visitor center museum tells the story, and the park also has camping, fishing and boat rentals. Stay back from the bluff edges, which can be unstable.

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