Forrest became involved sometime in late 1866 or early 1867. On June 13, 1863, Gould confronted Forrest about his transfer, which escalated into a violent exchange. [226] Forrest's claim that the Fort Pillow massacre was an invention of Northern reporters is contradicted by letters written by Confederate soldiers to their own families, which described extreme brutality on the part of Confederate troops. [121], In the spring of 1865, Forrest led an unsuccessful defense of the state of Alabama against Wilson's Raid. When he received news of Lee's surrender, Forrest surrendered as well. 28 Sep1846 Hernando, De Soto County, Mississippi. A common report is that Forrest arrived in Nashville in April 1867 while the Klan was meeting at the Maxwell House Hotel, probably at the encouragement of a state Klan leader, former Confederate general George Gordon. [200], A monument to Forrest in the Confederate Circle section of Old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama reads "Defender of Selma, Wizard of the Saddle, Untutored Genius, The first with the most. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. Victory came quickly, with the Union soldiers running toward the river or surrendering. SOURCES Bits of Blue and Gray Mary Ann Montgomery Nathan Bedford Forrest A Different Kind of Hero General Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest Biography Wikipedia: Nathan Bedford Forrest The Massacre at Fort Pillow PDF File Forrests Obituary: The New York Times A Brief Biography of Nathan Bedford Forrest Nathan Bedford Forrest and Mary Ann Montgomery Assessing Civil War Historiography and Nathan Bedford Forrests Place in It. Now often recast as "Getting there firstest with the mostest",[223] this misquote first appeared in a New York Tribune article written to provide colorful comments in reaction to European interest in Civil War generals. [7], 19th Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Western Theater of the American Civil War, List of commanders-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nathan_Bedford_Forrest_II&oldid=1063613043, Commanders-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 4 January 2022, at 00:17. We have set your language to [144] Another member wrote, "N. B. It has been said that he never split a family and did not knowingly sell slaves to cruel masters. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. He is remembered both as a self-educated, innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a leading southern advocate in the postwar years. In 2013, the Forrest Park in Memphis was renamed the Health Sciences Park, amid substantial controversy. By 1861, he had become one of the wealthiest men in the South. After the age of 8, Bill grew up as an only child. The Confederate army dispatched him with a small force into the backcountry of northern Alabama and western Georgia to defend against an attack of 3,000 Union cavalrymen commanded by Colonel Abel Streight. Forrest's postwar business career was not as lucrative as his antebellum ventures. In July 1864, he stood off USA General A.J. He filed for pension in Shelby County. this animal attacked Bedford Forrest's mother; he tracked it down and killed it. Achilles Clark, a soldier with the 20th Tennessee cavalry, wrote to his sisters immediately after the battle: The slaughter was awful. ). All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Bill joined the Confederate Army June 14, 1861 at age 15, and served under his father, attaining the rank of Captain by the end of the war. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. On May 9, 1865, at Gainesville, Forrest read his farewell address to the men under his command, enjoining them to "submit to the powers to be, and to aid in restoring peace and establishing law and order throughout the land. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. [173] The popular vote was much closer: Grant received 3,013,365 (52.7%) votes, while Seymour received 2,708,744 (47.3%) votes. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. The crowd of mourners was estimated to include 20,000 people. Failed to remove flower. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. One of the wounded Matlock men survived and served under Forrest during the Civil War. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. [192][193] The Sons of Confederate Veterans threatened a lawsuit against the city. Team USA started Friday by dominating the foursomes portion. Obituary: Confederate Veteran Magazine-Page 63-Vol.1-February 1893 No.2 Death of Gen. Forrest's Wife-The lovely wife of Gen. N. Bedford Forrest died January 22nd, 1893, in Memphis, Tenn., where she had resided for many years. We encourage you to research and . Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. After his cavalry captured a Union artillery battery, he broke out of a siege headed by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, rallying nearly 4,000 troops and leading them to escape across the Cumberland River. Part of General Nathan Bedfords Obituary The New York Times, October 30, 1877: Of late years, his views had undergone a considerable change. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). And so began the lifelong love affair that would become part of the legend of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Colonel Stephen G. Hicks: "if I have to storm your works, you may expect no quarter." Forrest, who was a Freemason,[7] joined the Ku Klux Klan in 1867 (two years after its founding) and was elected its first Grand Wizard. His tactic was the charge, and he frequently overcame Union forces that vastly outnumbered his own as he personally led his troops. The day was worse for Union troops, who suffered 223 killed, 394 wounded and 1,623 missing. They were later reburied in Columbia, Tennessee. In the ensuing raids he was pursued by thousands of Union soldiers trying to locate his fast-moving forces. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. The Civil War In June 1861, Forrest enlisted as a private in Captain Josiah Whites Tennessee Mounted Rifles, along with his youngest brother and fifteen-year-old son. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. His younger sister, Francis Fannie Ann was born in 1849 but passed away at age 6 in 1854. . Mr Forrest lived from 1821 to 1877. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife Mary are no longer resting at Health Sciences Park as of Monday, June 7th, at 9:01 a.m. He had become interested in the area around Crowley's Ridge during the war, and took up civilian life in 1865 in Memphis, Tennessee. Forrest's grandson, Nathan Bedford Forrest II (18721931), became commander-in-chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans[38] and a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia and secretary of the national organization. He was the first born of two children. The Blue Raiders' athletic mascot was changed to an ambiguous swash-buckler character called the "Blue Raider", to avoid association with Forrest or the Confederacy. Year should not be greater than current year. They had two children; a son, William Montgomery Bedford, born in 1846, and in 1848 a daughter, Frances, who died when she was five years old. He wrote in his memoirs that Forrest in his report of the battle had "left out the part which shocks humanity to read". Though Forrest had no prior formal military training or experience, he had exhibited leadership and soon proved he could successfully employ tactics. Jane was born 3 February 1847 at Oxford, Mississippi. Sep 28 1846 - Hernando, Desoto, Mississippi, Feb 7 1908 - Memphis, Shelby Co., Tennessee, Lt Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest, Mary Ann Forrest, Sep 28 1846 - Hernando, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Mary Ann Forrest (born Montgomery), Mary E Bradley (born Forrest), Nathan Bedford Forrest II, James Cook Forrest, William Montgomery Forrest, "in this city died today after a long illness Captain W M. suicide while deranged by worry over financial matters. [80] Forrest had reached the fort at 10:00 am after a hard ride from Mississippi,[80] and his horse was soon shot out from under him, causing him to fall to the ground. Although he had no education or training , he provided well for the family, first as a laborer. [140] The organization had grown to the point that an experienced commander was needed, and Forrest was well-suited to assume the role. He and his twin sister were the first of their parents' 10 children. I have been and am trying to lead another kind of life. In 1978, Middle Tennessee State University abandoned imagery it had formerly used (in 1951, the school's yearbook, The Midlander, featured the first appearance of Forrest's likeness as MTSU's official mascot) and MTSU president M. G. Scarlett removed the General's image from the university's official seal. Morton. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. This account has been disabled. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Please try again later. At the head of a mounted brigade, he took a brilliant part in General Braxton Braggs autumn 1862 campaign. I hope I am a better man now than then. Congress and Grant passed the Enforcement Acts from 1870 to 1871, to protect "registration, voting, officeholding, or jury service" of African Americans. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Add to your scrapbook. [90] Forrest's men were alleged to have set fire to a Union barracks with wounded Union soldiers inside[91][92] In defense of their actions, Forrest's men insisted that the Union soldiers, although fleeing, kept their weapons and frequently turned to shoot, forcing the Confederates to keep firing in self-defense. His younger sister, Francis Fannie Ann was born in 1849 but passed away at age 6 in 1854. [12][13] Forrest was the first son of Mariam (Beck) and William Forrest. [215], Forrest is considered one of the Civil War's most brilliant tacticians by the historian Spencer C. No direct evidence suggests that he ordered the shooting of surrendering or unarmed men, but to fully exonerate him from responsibility is also impossible". Spiritually, Mary Ann Forrest had a great influence on her husband. [60][61], The Union Army gained military control of Tennessee in 1862 and occupied it for the duration of the war, having taken control of strategic cities and railroads. Services were held at Court Avenue Presbyterian Church in Memphis, and an oration was given by Jefferson Davis. Forrest's notoriety only increased . [81] What happened next became known as the Fort Pillow Massacre. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY FORREST (1846 - 1908) Photos: 34 Records: 200 Born in Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA on 28 Sep 1846 to Nathan Bradford, Gen. Forrest and Mary Ann Montgomery Forrest. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8578580/william-montgomery-forrest. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Brett Forrest resides in Colorado Springs, Colorado; I'm a descendant of Confederate general and first Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest, and I candidly and wholeheartedly believe . Of the forts 600 men, between 277 and 297 were killed; 64 percent of these were U.S. Brother of Frances Ann Forrest He passed away on 7 FEB 1908 in Memphis, Shelby, TN. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Depending on where you live, you may find an abundance of fitness and recreational opportunities. [240] Barbour refused to denounce the honor. [170], Forrest testified before the Congressional investigation of Klan activities on June 27, 1871. Have you taken a DNA test? An uncle of William was a Major in the reorganized regiment. [206] In 2008, the Duval County School Board voted 52 against a push to change the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest High School in Jacksonville. [47], Forrest won praise for his performance under fire during an early victory in the Battle of Sacramento in Kentucky, the first in which he commanded troops in the field, where he routed a Union force by personally leading a cavalry charge that was later commended by his commander, Brigadier General Charles Clark. [132] According to Forrest biographer Jack Hurst, writers present at the public viewing of Forrest's body and at the funeral procession noted many black citizens among them. 0:54. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. 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[14] He and his twin sister, Fanny, were the two eldest of 12 children. Learn more about managing a memorial . When he expressed his opinion to one of General Forrest's granddaughters, she replied after a pause, "You know, we never thought much of Mr. Lincoln in my family". [85][86] The atrocities at Fort Pillow continued throughout the night. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Forrest moved to Memphis in 1849, where he became active in city affairs. Bill suffered a stroke during the screening of "The Klansman" in 1908 and died less than 24 hours later, and was buried in Memphis. [203][204] A monument to Forrest at a corner of Veterans Plaza in Rome, Georgia was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1909 to honor his bravery for saving Rome from Union Army Colonel Abel Streight and his cavalry.[205]. [77][78][79], Fort Pillow, located 40 miles (64km) upriver from Memphis (near Henning, Tennessee), was originally constructed by Confederate general Gideon Johnson Pillow on the bluffs of the Mississippi River, and taken over by Union forces in 1862 after the Confederates had abandoned the fort. After a brief courtship, the couple wed on September 25, 1845. . In a letter to his wife three days after the battle, Confederate soldier Samuel Caldwell wrote, If General Forrest had not run between our men and the Yanks with his pistol and sabre drawn, not a man would have been spared.. Similar accounts were reported in many Southern newspapers at the time. Learn more about merges. [129], On July 5, 1875, Forrest gave a speech before the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association, a post-war organization of black Southerners advocating to improve the economic condition of black people and to gain equal rights for all citizens. [80], On April 12, 1864, Forrest's men, under Brig. From the 1850 federal census, William M. Forrest lived with his father, mother, and sister at DeSoto County, Mississippi. [167] Former Governor of New York Horatio Seymour was nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate, while Forrest's friend, Frank Blair, Jr. was nominated as the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Seymour's running mate. As the Klan's first national leader, he became the Lost Cause's avenging angel, galvanizing a loose collection of boyish secret social clubs into a reactionary instrument of terror still feared today. Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 October 29, 1877) was a prominent Confederate Army general during the American Civil War and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan from 1867 to 1869. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. Gen. James Chalmers, attacked and recaptured Fort Pillow. Forrest County, Mississippi is named after him, as is Forrest City, Arkansas. Object Number - UPL 35401 - Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest III (Arlington National Cemetery) Killed In Action (KIAn)in the loss of B-17 #42-30164 on the Kiel mission 13 June 1943. On November 4, 1864, during the Battle of Johnsonville, the Confederates shelled the city, sinking three gunboats and nearly thirty other ships and destroying many tons of supplies. [99] President Abraham Lincoln asked his cabinet for opinions as to how the Union should respond to the massacre. A Union infantryman on the ground beside Forrest fired a musket ball at him with a point-blank shot, nearly knocking him out of the saddle. Forrest rarely drank and abstained from tobacco usage; he was often described as generally mild mannered, but according to Hosea and other contemporaries who knew him, his demeanor changed drastically when he was provoked or angered. For the third time in his military career, Forrest created a new command of recruits and conscripts around a nucleus of battle-tested veterans. ", "Sons of Confederate Veterans 'Put to Rest for Eternity' Gen. Nathan Bedford in Columbia, Tennessee", Animated History of The Campaigns of Nathan Bedford Forrest, General Nathan Bedford Forrest Historical Society, List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials, List of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic, Confederate artworks in the United States Capitol, List of Confederate monuments and memorials. He was the son of Nathan Forrest and Mary Montgomery. McCreanor contracted to finish the Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, including a right-of-way that passed over the ridge. This unit, which varied in size from 40 to 90 men, constituted the elite of his cavalry. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. The white men fared but little better. In 1905, he and his wife were reinterred in Forrest Park in downtown Memphis. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. GREAT NEWS! With no formal military training, Nathan Bedford Forrest became one of the leading cavalry figures of the Civil War. His cavalry destroyed railroad and blockhouses and blockaded shipping on the Tennessee River, disabling and capturing several Union vessels before destroying the Union supply depot at Johnsonville. The long spring 1864 raid of USA General James H. Wilson, one of the ablest of the Union cavalry generals, pushed Forrest back to the defense of the Confederate ordnance center at Selma, Alabama, where Forrest was finally defeated on April 2, 1865. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. 3rd (Forrests) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment [192][193], Many memorials have been erected to Forrest, especially in Tennessee and adjacent Southern states. [241], In 2000, a monument to Forrest was unveiled in Selma, Alabama. In 1871, the U.S Congressional Committee Report stated that "The natural tendency of all such organizations is to violence and crime, hence it was that Gen. Forrest and other men of influence by the exercise of their moral power, induced them to disband". On February 3, 1863, Forrests command suffered a defeat at Dover, Tennessee, while under the command of Major General Joseph Wheeler. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. [233], Grant himself described Forrest as "a brave and intrepid cavalry general" while noting that Forrest sent a dispatch on the Fort Pillow Massacre "in which he left out the part which shocks humanity to read". [26], Nathan Bedford Forrest was a tall man who stood sixfeet twoinches (1.88m) in height and weighed about 180 pounds (13st; 82kg);[27][28][29][30] He was noted as having a "striking and commanding presence" by Union Captain Lewis Hosea, an aide to Gen. James H. Wilson. Nathan Bedford Forrest (July 13, 1821 - October 29, 1877) was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. [13][17] William died in 1837 and Forrest became the primary caretaker of the family at age 16. Nathan Bedford Forrest, called Bedford Forrest in his lifetime, was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He has published scholarly papers and popular articles for both children and adults. Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton, who is black, blocked the move. In the hasty retreat, they stripped off commemorative badges that read "Remember Fort Pillow" to avoid goading the Confederate force pursuing them.[111]. Hood ordered Forrest to conduct an independent raid against the Murfreesboro garrison. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of William Forrest (8578580)? He was a Brigadier General of the United States Army Air Forces, and the first American general to be killed in battle in Europe; his remains are buried at Arlington National Cemetery on grounds that formerly belonged to his great-grandfathers commanding general, Robert E. Lee. In retaliation, Forrest shot and killed two of them with his two-shot pistol and wounded two others with a knife which had been thrown to him. [57] Again, Bragg ordered a series of raids to disrupt the communications of the Union forces under Grant, which were threatening the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The Tennessee Historical Commission denied removal on October 21, 2016, under the authority granted it by the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2013, which prevents cities and counties from relocating, removing, renaming, or otherwise disturbing without permission war memorials on public property.
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