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26 de mai. de 2024 · On September 18, 1863, Confederate cavalry under General Nathan Bedford Forrest encountered Union troops near Reed‘s Bridge, sparking skirmishes that quickly escalated into a full-scale battle.
30 de mai. de 2024 · Lieutenant General Nathan B. Forrest. Before the Civil War started, Forrest was a wealthy businessman and had amassed a fortune (which he estimated at $1,500,000) as a slave trader and plantation owner. He was the son of a poor blacksmith and had numerous brothers and sisters.
Há 3 dias · Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest was elected the first grand wizard, and claimed to be the Klan's national leader.
13 de jun. de 2024 · Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest III, aged 38, became the first American general to be killed on active service in Europe. Forrest was serving as chief of staff of the Second Air Force.
Há 5 dias · Nathan Bedford Forrest was among the finest tacticians in the Confederate officer corps, but he is best remembered for his part in the massacre of hundreds of Black Union troops at Fort Pillow as well as his postwar role as grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
29 de mai. de 2024 · As the Union forces under William T. Sherman drove toward Atlanta and clashed with Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee, the colorful and controversial Confederate cavalryman Nathan Bedford Forrest served the Confederacy in Mississippi.
10 de jun. de 2024 · Brices Cross Roads holds still more significance for those who have celebrated the life of Nathan Bedford Forrest, the battle’s architect and victor. For generations, historians and admirers have likened the Confederate general to Napoleon for his trouncing of Union forces in northeast Mississippi.
