On April 12; 1864; a force of more than 3;000 Confederate cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest galloped across West Tennessee to storm Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River; overwhelming a garrison of some 350 Southern white Unionists and over 300 former slaves turned artillerymen. By the next day; hundreds of Federals were dead or wounded; more than 60 black troops had been captured and reenslaved; and more than 100 white troops had been marched off to their doom at Andersonville. Confederates called this bloody battle and its aftermath a hard- won victory. Northerners deemed it premeditated slaughter. To this day; Fort Pillow remains one of the most controversial battles in American history. The fullest; most accurate account of the battle yet written; River Run Red vividly depicts the incompetence and corruption of Union occupation in Tennessee; the horrors of guerrilla warfare; and the pent-up bigotry and rage that found its release at Fort Pillow. Andrew Ward brings to life the garrison’s black troops and their ambivalent white comrades; and the intrepid Confederate cavalrymen who rode with the slave trading Nathan Bedford Forrest; future founder of the Ku Klux Klan. The result is a fast-paced narrative that hurtles toward that fateful April day and beyond to establish Fort Pillow’s true significance in the annals of American history. Destined to become as controversial as the battle itself; River Run Red is sure to appeal to readers of James McPherson’s bestselling Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. the book is good; the delivery is precisely on the day promisedBy CustomerPhysically; the book is good; the delivery is precisely on the day promised. I put 4 stars in review only because of the content of the book is not like what I expected.3 of 5 people found the following review helpful. An Undervalued Theological PerspectiveBy Michael C RhodesThis is an extremely important contribution to theology. It is an honest appraisal of what at times seems best described as divine 'abuse'. If Blumenthal is at all in the right here; and he most certainly is not entirely misguided; then Perfect Being Theology has some improvements to make!It must be said; though; that there are some slightly quirky features of this volume. First; the use of the hyphen---almost a theological statement itself---needs explanation. Second; the analyses by his colleagues might have been more balanced. Blumenthal is rather annoyingly too-PC here; his attempt at gender egalitarianism comes off as a bit over-the-top at times. An analysis from a male perspective would be a helpful contribution in a revised edition.61 of 67 people found the following review helpful. Raises Some **VERY** Uncomfortable Issues For ChristiansBy James R. CowlesThis is; bar none; the most uncompromisingly and unflinchingly honest work of theology I have read in 35+ years of studying the subject. Blumenthal's proximate subject is the Holocaust; but his ultimate subject is holocaust-as-such; not only **the** Holocaust -- in particular; those experiences of holocaust; personal and individual as well as historical and communal; in which God's tendency to abuse His/Her children are nakedly manifest. Most moving of all; in terms of individual holocaust; are the comments of one of Blumenthal's colleagues at Emory Univ; herself a survivor of the holocaust of childhood sexual abuse; who was given the MS for evaluation and comment. Christian theologians; this writer included; would do well to ponder a conclusion Blumenthal never states explicitly; but which is inescapably latent in his text: for a holocaust survivor; the only authentic and honest mode of theological discourse is the rhetoric of deliberate blasphemy. Perhaps respect for God ends where the experience of holocaust begins. If this book; and that possibility raised thereby; does not keep you awake nights; then take warning: your soul may quite possibly be dead.
