Bill > HR671

This bill, the Fort Pillow National Battlefield Park Study Act, directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Fort Pillow Historic State Park in Henning, Tennessee. The study will evaluate the site's national significance and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating it as a unit of the National Historic Park System. The bill provides background on Fort Pillow, detailing its history during the American Civil War, including the infamous "Fort Pillow Massacre" where Confederate forces killed hundreds of surrendering Union troops, many of whom were African American. The bill argues that this event had a profound impact on the United States Colored Troops and the Union's eventual victory, and that the site deserves to become a National Battlefield Park.