,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aacj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #h1        
#bjai,mr4 ,rush introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to conduct a special resource  
study of ,fort ,pillow ,historic ,state 
,park in ,henning1 ,tennessee1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as ,fort ,pillow      
,national ,battlefield ,park ,study     
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds as 
follows3  7#a7 ,fort ,pillow was        
originally built by ,confederate troops 
in #ahfa and named after ,general       
,gideon ,j4 ,pillow of ,maury ,county1  
,tennessee4  7#b7 ,the battle of ,fort  
,pillow was fought on ,april #ab1 #ahfd1
 at ,fort ,pillow in ,henning1          
,tennessee1 during the ,american ,civil 
,war4  7#c7 ,at ,fort ,pillow1          
,tennessee1 ,confederate forces never   
defeated the ,union ,navy4 ,instead1    
they perpetrated a heinous massacre     

after violating a flag of truce by      
advantageously repositioning rebel      
troops and by looting government        
buildings and private storefronts       
surrounding the fort4  7#d7 ,according  
to the #ahfd ,report ,fort ,pillow      
,massacre from the ,united ,states      
,congress ,joint ,committee on the      
,conduct of the ,war1 ,the officers and 
men seem to vie with each other in the  
devilish work2 men1 women and even      
children1 wherever found1 were          
deliberately shot down1 beaten and      
hacked with sabers4 '''4  7#e7 ,the     
,union garrison consisted of #ai        
officers and #ech troops of whom #bfb   
were ,united ,states ,colored ,troops   
7,u4,s4,c4,t474  7#f7 ,per the report1  
,of the men1 from three hundred to four 
hundred are known to have been killed at
 ,fort ,pillow1 of whom at least three  
hundred were murdered in cold blood     
after the fort was in possession of the 
rebels and our men had thrown down their
 arms and ceased to offer resistance44  

7#g7 ,the massacre at ,fort ,pillow     
demonstrated to all ,u4,s4,c4,t4 that   
surrender was not an option4 ,the       
massacre at ,fort ,pillow became a      
rallying cry and motivation for the     
#bji1adg ,u4,s4,c4,t4  7#h7 ,the        
#bji1adg ,u4,s4,c4,t4 fundamentally     
contributed to the ,union's defeat of   
the ,confederacy4  7#i7 ,the ,state of  
,tennessee allows the wrongful          
modification of the historical record by
 claiming it was a battle without a     
massacre of hundreds of surrendering    
,union troops and innocent civilians4   
7#aj7 ,in #aiga1 ,fort ,pillow became a 
,state park4  7#aa7 ,in #aigc1 ,fort    
,pillow was added to the ,national      
,register of ,historic ,places4  7#ab7  
,the following year1 in #aigd1 ,fort    
,pillow was designated as a ,national   
,historic ,landmark4  7#ac7 ,fort       
,pillow ,historic ,state ,park consists 
of #a1fdb acres4  7#ad7 ,the ,park      
contains several attraction areas such  
as a ,civil ,war museum1 hiking trail1  

camping ground1 and picnic area4  7#ae7 
,this site deserves to become a         
,national ,battlefield ,park due to its 
profound effect on ,u4,s4,c4,t4 and all 
,union forces in their fight to preserve
 the ,united ,states of ,america4  #c4  
,fort ,pillow ,special ,resource ,study 
,the ,secretary of the ,interior shall  
conduct a special resource study of     
,fort ,pillow ,historic ,state ,park in 
,henning1 ,tennessee4 ,fort ,pillow is a
 ,state park that features the ,american
 ,civil ,war history and the ,massacre  
at ,fort ,pillow4 ,the ,secretary       
shall--  7#a7 evaluate the site's       
national significance2 and  7#b7        
determine the suitability and           
feasibility of designating it as a unit 
of the ,national ,historic ,park        
,system4