MAY 5, 1864.--Ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies
be printed for the use of the Senate.
JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Committee on the Conduct of the War to
examine into the recent attack on Fort Pillow.
_Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled_, That the Joint Committee on
the Conduct of the War be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire
into the truth of the rumored slaughter of the Union troops, after their
surrender, at the recent attack of the rebel forces upon Fort Pillow,
Tennessee; as, also, whether Fort Pillow could have been sufficiently
re-enforced or evacuated, and if so, why it was not done; and that they
report the facts to Congress as soon as possible.
Approved April 21, 1864.
Mr. WADE submitted the following
REPORT.
_The Joint Committee on the Conduct and Expenditures of the War, to whom
was referred the resolution of Congress instructing them to investigate
the late massacre at Fort Pillow, designated two members of the
committee--Messrs. Wade and Gooch--to proceed forthwith to such places
as they might deem necessary, and take testimony. That sub-committee
having discharged that duty, returned to this city, and submitted to the
joint committee a report, with accompanying papers and testimony. The
report was read and adopted by the committee, whose chairman was
instructed to submit the same, with the testimony, to the Senate, and
Mr. Gooch to the House, and ask that the same be printed._