You forget that soldiers die in battle -- Fort Pillow was a battle that the Federals lost big time.
You and I had a refreshingly civil exchange on this Fort Pillow thing on another thread. The reason I cite "3-400" is because of the evidence you introduced. The one website that I found cited contemporary sources as saying 400 Union men were murdered after they had surrendered.
If it were 200, 300 or 400, there is no parallel to that sort of treatment of CSA POW's by the Union.
Walt
I had cited sources that said 200 to 350 Federals died at Fort Pillow, not that that that many were killed after they surrendered. Your figures attribute all deaths to killing after surrender, which seems unreasonable to me. I expect that a large number were killed in the battle itself.
You had pointed out in the other thread that if blacks saw their fellow soldiers being killed after surrender it would explain why the blacks picked up their weapons after surrender and started firing again, as the Confederates reported. Good point. I would have picked up my weapon again too.