The 1st Alabama Siege Artillery Unit were massacred by Confederate troops under the command of Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
 Under the leadership of Major Lionel Booth, the 6th US Colored Heavy Artillery fought at the Battle of Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864. 
 The battle ended with a massacre of Union troops (most of them African American soldiers) attempting to surrender, by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest. 
