And tyrant power shall end.
Though low in earth the martyr lies,
Still rings his battle-cry:
From hill to hill the echo flies,—
‘Fight on for liberty!’
CHAPTER XXXI—THE MASSACRE AT FORT PILLOW.
Assault and Capture of the Fort.—“No Quarter.”—Rebel Atrocities.—Gens. Forrest and Chalmers.—Firing upon Flags of Truce.—Murder of Men, Women, and Children.—Night after the Assault.—Buried Alive.—Morning after the Massacre.