Nathan Bedford Forrest

American Civil War

Rank | General
Born | July 13, 1821
Place of birth | Chapel Hill, Tennessee
Died | October 29, 1877
Place of death | Memphis, Tennessee
Battles engaged in | American Civil War

* Fort Donelson
* Shiloh
* First Murfreesboro
* Chickamauga
* Fort Pillow
* Brices Cross Roads
* Tupelo
* Second Memphis
* Third Murfreesboro
* Nashville
* Wilson's Raid

Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877) was a Confederate General and cavalry leader in the American Civil War. After the war, he was one of the founders of the Ku Klux Klan.

Forrest is regarded by some historians as the most brilliant tactician produced by either side during the Civil War, who, if employed in a different capacity, might have turned the tide in favor of the Confederacy. His victories at such battles as Okolona and Brice's Cross Roads were the result partly of instinct and improvisation, but also of attention to terrain and the abilities of his and the enemy's troops. However, his place in history has come under attack in recent years, due to such controversies as the Fort Pillow Massacre during the war and his later involvement with the Klan. Later, however, after seeing the damage the Klan caused, he condemned them and called for racial harmony, even addressing the Independent Association of Pole-Bearers, a predecessor to the NAACP.[1]

Leaders of the Democratic Party. The Butcher Forrest is Nathan Bedford Forrest, founder of the Ku Klux Klan.
Library of Congress[2]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Pole-Bearers_speech
2. ↑ Leaders of the Democratic Party : The rioter Seymour ... The butcher Forrest ... The pirate Semmes ... The hangman Hampton ..., Thomas Nast, 1868. Library of Congress.